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Mother hears gunshots, finds out son is victim in Northview Heights

PITTSBURGH — A man was shot and killed in Pittsburgh’s Northview Heights neighborhood early Wednesday.

The 29-year-old victim's mother told Channel 11's Jennifer Tomazic that she heard gunshots at about 12:45 a.m. She followed police to the scene, where her son was on the ground with a gunshot wound to the chest.

He was taken to the hospital, where he died.

Several people were brought to police headquarters for questioning, but there was no immediate word on any arrests.

The medical examiner identified the victim as 29-year-old Manly Theodore Banks III, of the West End.

His mother told Channel 11 that he was one of four siblings and had a baby on the way.

Witnesses told police they saw two people running from the scene.

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