WILKINSBURG, Pa. — Police surrounded a home in Wilkinsburg on Monday while attempting to interview a person of interest in a shooting last week.
The Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office, Port Authority Police and officers with Wilkinsburg Police were on scene in the 500 block of Holmes Street.
Adam Brandolph, spokesperson for Pittsburgh Regional Transit, said that two people shot at each other at the Wilkinsburg Park and Ride last week. No one was hit.
Port Authority Police identified Malakai Jackson as a person of interest in the shooting. Police said Jackson was not the person who fired a gun, but said he displayed one. Due to prior convictions, it is illegal for Jackson to possess a gun.
Officers attempted to interview Jackson at his Wilkinsburg apartment, which resulted in a barricade situation when he refused to come out, Port Authority Police said.
The standoff lasted around one hour before Jackson surrendered.
He is charged with persons not to possess firearms, firearms not to be carried without a license and evading arrest on foot.
Jackson is now being held at the Allegheny County Jail.
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