PITTSBURGH — A robbery suspect surrendered to police after they surrounded a home Tuesday afternoon in Pittsburgh’s Observatory Hill neighborhood, authorities said.
Leandre Harrison, 24, robbed another man while at a convenience store on North Charles and Perrysville Avenue, police said. He then stole the victim’s gun and ran to a home on Leland Street, officials said.
Police responded to the home and surrounded it. A relative helped talk the man into surrendering, officials said.
Police searched for and located a gun at the home, officials said.
The victim was not injured, according to police.
Pittsburgh Police: 24-year-old suspect robs a man inside a convenience store. The suspect then steals the victim’s gun & runs into a home here on Leland Street where only channel 11 is covering the story. Gathering more details. #WPXI pic.twitter.com/2BqVgxuKUF
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Charges are pending against Harrison, officials said.
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