Wanted fugitive in custody after SWAT situation in Carnegie

CARNEGIE, Pa. — A wanted fugitive is in custody after a SWAT situation in Carnegie on Tuesday morning.

Allegheny County police said dispatch was notified of a medical call in the 300 block of Knox Avenue at 4:30 a.m.

Officers knew a wanted fugitive out of Pittsburgh stayed at the house, so they asked a resident if he was inside. The resident said yes, police said.

Police set up a perimeter and urged the man to come outside. He did but then went back inside.

SWAT units were called to the scene. Negotiators hailed the suspect and used gas to get him out.

The man eventually surrendered peacefully, police said. He was turned over to Carnegie police to be taken to the Allegheny County Jail.

An officer at the scene told Channel 11 this was related to a car theft on Mount Washington.

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