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Woman stabbed to death after possible altercation in Homewood West, police say

PITTSBURGH — A woman was stabbed to death in Pittsburgh’s Homewood West neighborhood early Monday morning.

Pittsburgh police said officers were called to the 6800 block of Lyric Street for reports of a stabbing just before 5 a.m.

Police found a woman inside a house who had been stabbed in the chest. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Monday evening, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified the victim as Raneisha Scott, 27.

According to police, a possible altercation might have happened before the victim was stabbed.

The investigation is ongoing. There have been no arrests at this time.

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