PITTSBURGH — 7:20 P.M. UPDATE: Police say they found the man who ran naked across the city on Mt. Washington on Thursday morning.
They received a call at 9:20 a.m. for the man, who they found on Grandview Avenue, apublic safety spokesman said. The man told officers he had been assaulted by several men who took his clothes while he was in Downtown.
He ran from them and ended up on Mt. Washington, he said.
Medics took the man to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries. Police are investigating.
A naked man running through Downtown and across the Fort Pitt Bridge alarmed bystanders on Thursday morning.
.@WPXI_Courtney & I working on the story of the naked jogger seen on the streets of #Pittsburgh this morning. Message us if you recognize him. #WPXI #PGH pic.twitter.com/znfnKWzxSn
— Tony Ruffolo (@WPXITonyRuffolo) June 7, 2018
Allegheny County emergency dispatchers said they received numerous 911 calls about the man, who was also spotted on Carson Street and even “scaling a hillside” before being seen on Grandview Avenue in Mt. Washington.
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