Person stabbed multiple times in Observatory Hill; suspect in custody

PITTSBURGH — A person was taken to a hospital after he was stabbed multiple times in Observatory Hill on Saturday.

According to Pittsburgh police, off-duty Acting EMS Chief Amera Gilchrist responded to a house in the 3300 block of Delaware Street for reports of a male who was stabbed just after 5 p.m.

Gilchrist found a male victim on a porch who had been stabbed in the neck and multiple times in the back.

Gilchrist applied pressure to the wounds as officers arrived and used combat gauze, police said.

The victim was taken to a local hospital in critical condition.

Police say 32-year-old Jonathan Johnson was arrested in relation to this incident. He was taken into custody at the scene.

Criminal documents say Johnson stabbed the victim during an altercation. Johnson allegedly got towels after the incident to help treat the victim.

Johnson faces charges of aggravated assault, criminal attempt homicide and recklessly endangering another person.

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