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Police looking for suspect who fled traffic stop in North Oakland

Search Channel 11 was there as multiple police officers searched the area of North Craig Street and Centre Avenue early Tuesday.

PITTSBURGH — One person was arrested and one person is still at large following a police incident overnight that started in the city’s Bedford Dwellings neighborhood and ended in North Oakland.

Officers responded to an eight-round ShotSpotter alert on Chauncey Drive at 2:45 a.m. They received information that a possible suspect vehicle had left the area and followed it to Centre Avenue and N. Craig Street in North Oakland, where they conducted a traffic stop.

As officers were taking the driver into custody, the passenger fled into a parking garage.

Channel 11 was there as multiple police officers searched the area. They were unable to find the passenger.

Officers found a gun in the vehicle and the driver was arrested on firearms violations and is currently being held in the Allegheny County Jail.

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