Police: Man charged after altercation led to shots fired outside Springdale business
MCCLURKIN FROM THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS YESTERDAY. FANS WERE TREATED TO SOME BASKETBALL TRICKS AND A SPECIAL SIT DOWN READING FROM ZEUS HIMSELF DURING THE HOLIDAY LIGHTS EVENT, A BOOK CALLED TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, AND IT WAS WRITTEN BACK IN THE 1800S. AND I’M A PART OF AN ORGANIZATION. WE WEREN’T WE WEREN’T BACK IN THE 1800S, BUT WE ARE 100 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR. SO BACK IN 1926, THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS STARTED, AND THEY’RE STILL HERE. IT’S GOT THAT SAME POWER, THAT SAME STICKING POWER THAT THAT BOOK DOES. BUT IF YOU MISSED IT, THAT’S ALL RIGHT. THE GLOBETROTTERS WILL KICK OFF THEIR 100TH SEASON RIGHT HERE IN PITTSBURGH. THAT’S DECEMBER 26TH AT PPG PAINTS ARENA. WELL, THAT’S STILL PLENTY MORE TO COME. NEWS, WEATHER AND SPORTS, EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO GET YOUR SUNDAY STARTED. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR CONTINUES RIGHT NOW. MULTIPLE PEOPLE HURT AND ONE DRIVER TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER A CRASH IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY. NEW DETAILS JUST IN FROM OFFICIALS WHO RESPONDED TO THE SCENE. A FIRE BREAKS OUT AT A HOME WITH ONE PERSON STUCK INSIDE. WE TAKE YOU TO THAT SCENE IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY AS OFFICIALS CONTINUE INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE. A TEST ON THE SCOPE OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER. I’M AMY LU IN WASHINGTON WITH THE MAJOR CASE HEADED TO THE SUPREME COURT AND HOW IT COULD EXPAND PRESIDENT TRUMP’S AUTHORITY. PLUS, A BIG WELCOME HOME FOR THE NEW THREE A STATE CHAMPS. WE CATCH UP WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM AS THEY BRING HOME A TITLE. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR THIS MORNING STARTS NOW. GOOD MORNING. IT’S 9:00 ON THE NOSE. I’M CARLOS FLORES IN FOR LILY COLEMAN. WE WANT TO KICK THINGS OFF RIGHT AWAY WITH PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER METEOROLOGIST JILL SWEAT. AND OUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. DEFINITELY A VERY INTERESTING WEEK AHEAD. YEAH, MORE WINTER WEATHER IS IN STORE. AND IT’S NOT JUST GOING TO BE SNOW, BUT ALSO A FEW RAINDROPS THAT COULD BE MIXING IN AS WELL. SO JUST GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE INTERESTING ALL IN TIME FOR THE SECOND WEEK OF DECEMBER. TODAY THOUGH, WHAT FALLS FROM THE SKY WILL BE THE FLURRY VARIETY, PRIMARILY NORTH OF THE CITY, SHOWING YOU NOT A WHOLE LOT OF ACCUMULATION, BUT ALSO THIS FEATURE SNOW. A GOOD INDICATION OF WHICH SPOTS WILL SEE SNOW AND WHICH WON’T. PRIMARILY UP ALONG 422 THE I-80 CORRIDOR, YOU’LL SEE SOME OF THOSE FLURRIES FLYING AROUND THIS AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE, AS YOU HEAD SOUTH, IN PARTICULAR ALONG THE I-70 CORRIDOR, ALSO INTO THE RIDGES, NOT EXPECTING A WHOLE LOT TO DEVELOP A LITTLE LATER ON TODAY, BUT EVERYBODY WILL SEE SOME SUNSHINE. ALSO FEEL MUCH COLDER. TEMPERATURES FOR YOUR MONDAY WILL BE TRAPPED IN THE 20S ALL DAY LONG. A BIGGER SYSTEM COMING IN ON WEDNESDAY THAT WILL START AS SOME WET SNOW, EVENTUALLY CHANGING OVER TO RAIN BEFORE WE FLIP IT BACK TO SNOW TOWARDS THE TAIL END. THAT COULD BE AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN INTERESTING SETUP AS WE ROLL THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. RIGHT NOW, JUST PLENTY OF CLOUDS ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AS WE GET YOUR SUNDAY UNDERWAY. UP ACROSS LAKE ERIE, THERE IS A COLD FRONT THAT’S GOING TO TRY AND WORK OUT OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION. IT’S A CLIPPER, SO IT’S WEAK, IT’S FAST MOVING, NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF FLURRY ACTIVITY FOR THE CITY. IF WE HAPPEN TO SEE ANY SHOW UP, MORE THAN LIKELY PUSHING TOWARDS ABOUT THREE, 4:00 THIS AFTERNOON. OUTSIDE OF THAT YOU CAN GUARANTEE CLOUDS AND ALSO CHILLY TEMPERATURES ON THIS SUNDAY, AND EVEN A LITTLE EXTRA CHILL IN THE AIR, ESPECIALLY AS A BREEZE PICKS UP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. HERE’S YOUR FOUR DAY FORECAST AGAIN. COLDER BUT BRIGHTER TOMORROW. AGAIN. STILL ALL EYES ON WEDNESDAY WITH THAT TRICKIER SETUP, I’LL HELP YOU PLAN AHEAD WITH THE REST OF YOUR 4-DAY PLUS 4 MORE IN A FEW MINUTES. THANK YOU JILL. NEW. THIS MORNING, ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER A CRASH IN PENN HILLS THAT SENT MULTIPLE PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL. THE LOCAL VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY POSTED THESE IMAGES OF THE TWO VEHICLE CRASH ON VERONA ROAD. THEY’RE RIGHT THERE ON YOUR SCREEN. THEY SAY CREWS ARRIVED ON SCENE YESTERDAY MORNING AND FOUND ONE OF THE CARS ON ITS ROOF. THREE PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. THE FIRE COMPANY SAID THE DRIVER OF ONE OF THE VEHICLES WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. THE PENN HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED FOR HAVING THEIR LICENSE SUSPENDED IN THE PAST DUE TO DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. THEY WERE ALSO ALLEGEDLY INTOXICATED AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY. ONE PERSON HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER A HOUSE FIRE IN THE LEVEL GREEN AREA OF PENN TOWNSHIP LAST NIGHT. CREWS WERE CALLED TO MURRAYSVILLE ROAD AFTER SOMEONE SPOTTED FLAMES COMING FROM TWO WINDOWS OF THE HOUSE. THEY WERE ABLE TO KNOCK DOWN THE FIRE AND HAD TO SEARCH FOR A PERSON STILL INSIDE. WE’RE TOLD THE PERSON WAS FOUND A SHORT TIME LATER AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THERE’S NO WORD ON THAT PERSON’S CONDITION. STAYING IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY, AUTHORITIES ARE REVIEWING SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE AFTER A MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED OUTSIDE THE ELKS LODGE. POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE ELKS LODGE IN THE NEW KENSINGTON, NEW KENSINGTON, AROUND 330 YESTERDAY MORNING. THEY FOUND A MAN WITH MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS, AND HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND LATER DIED. DETECTIVES FROM THE WESTMORELAND COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE ARE HELPING WITH THE INVESTIGATION. THE VICTIM’S NAME HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED. A MORGANTOWN MAN FROM WEST VIRGINIA IS IN THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY JAIL AFTER A GUN WAS FOUND AT A SECURITY CHECKPOINT AT PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. ALLEGHENY COUNTY POLICE SAY THE LOADED GUN WAS FOUND BY TSA AGENTS INSIDE THE MAN’S CARRY ON BAG JUST BEFORE 5:00 YESTERDAY MORNING. 37 YEAR OLD DONOVAN PEARSON IS CHARGED WITH CARRYING A FIREARM WITHOUT A LICENSE. COURT RECORDS SHOW HE WAS UNABLE TO POST BAIL. POLICE ALSO NOTIFIED THE FBI AND PEARSON COULD FACE FEDERAL FINES. AND WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT A WATER MAIN BREAK THAT CAUSED TROUBLE FOR NEIGHBORS IN BUTLER COUNTY YESTERDAY MORNING. YOU’LL REMEMBER WE BROUGHT YOU THIS AS BREAKING NEWS. THE BROKEN WATER MAIN BREAK FLOODED THEIR STREETS AND YARDS. AND IN CASES, THEIR HOMES. COVERING BUTLER COUNTY REPORTER ED DIORIO HAS A CLOSER LOOK AT THE WATER MAIN MESS. THREE TIMES IN ONE MONTH, THIS SPOT ON FIFTH AVENUE IN BUTLER HAS CAUSED PROBLEMS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND IT. IT WENT CRAZY. IT WAS TURNED INTO A GEYSER. I THOUGHT. OLD FAITHFUL APPEARED. THIS IS WHAT THE FIFTH AVENUE COMMUNITY WOKE UP TO SATURDAY MORNING. I MOVED THE CARS AND WHEN I CAME BACK TO MOVE THE WIFE’S CAR, IT BLEW LIKE OLD FAITHFUL GEYSER. IT WAS INSANE. WATER SHOWERED THE STREET FOR OVER AN HOUR, BUT IT WASN’T A SIGHT. RESIDENTS WANTED TO SEE. CHECK OUT THE AMOUNT OF WATER RUNNING OFF OUR ROOF. THE LINE BREAK THAT CLOSED THE ROAD FOR MOST OF THE DAY DID MORE THAN JUST TAKE OUT WATER PRESSURE. THE HOUSE IS STILL BEING PELTED BY ROCKS, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SIDEWALK AND ON OUR PORCH AND DOWN THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE. YOU CAN SEE WE GOT ROCKS ON OUR ROOF. I MEAN, THEY WERE JUST HITTING THE HOUSE EVERYWHERE. THE ROCKS FLEW OUT. THEY BUSTED OUR LIVING ROOM WINDOW OUT. A REPRESENTATIVE WITH PENNSYLVANIA AMERICAN WATER SAID THAT NEARLY 30 PEOPLE HAD THEIR WATER PRESSURE AFFECTED, LIKE COLLEEN DEAL. WE JUST GOT WATER BACK ON. PROBABLY CLOSE TO 430. EVEN THOUGH SHE DIDN’T HAVE WATER FOR HOURS, THAT DOESN’T MEAN IT WASN’T INSIDE HER HOUSE. THE BASEMENT WAS FLOODED. LIKE THERE WASN’T LIKE INCHES OF WATER, BUT THERE WAS PROBABLY A GOOD HALF AN INCH OF WATER DOWN THERE. AND I DEFINITELY DON’T WANT NO MOLD IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE THAT JUST CAUSES ISSUES FOR MY KIDS AND ME. AT THIS POINT. PATIENCE IS WEARING THIN ON FIFTH AVE. I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY IT’S NOT FIXED THE FIRST TIME, RIGHT? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THIS IS. THIS IS AWFUL. THEY DEFINITELY NEED TO DO SOMETHING AND GET IT RIGHT AND GET IT RIGHT AND BE DONE. NOW, THAT SAME REPRESENTATIVE WITH PENNSYLVANIA AMERICAN WATER SAID THAT WHAT MADE THE PIPE BURST IS INCONCLUSIVE, CITING THAT A MULTITUDE OF REASONS COULD HAVE CAUSED IT. COVERING BUTLER COUNTY IN BUTLER AND DIORIO. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. TODAY IS PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY ON DECEMBER 7TH, 1941. 2400 SERVICE MEMBERS AND CIVILIANS LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE TWO HOUR AIR RAID BY JAPANESE FORCES ON THE U.S. NAVAL BASE IN HAWAII. THE SNEAK ATTACK SHOOK AMERICA’S CONFIDENCE AND PULLED THE COUNTRY INTO WORLD WAR TWO. CONGRESS DESIGNATED DECEMBER 7TH AS NATIONAL PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY IN 1994. TODAY MARKS 84 YEARS SINCE THE ATTACK. IN ANOTHER MAJOR TEST OF THE SCOPE OF THE PRESIDENT’S POWER, THE SUPREME COURT WILL HEAR A CASE TOMORROW CHALLENGING A NEARLY CENTURY OLD PRECEDENT. OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT AMY LU JOINS US IN OUR BUREAU THIS MORNING. AMY, HOW WOULD THIS CASE INCREASE THE POWER OF THE PRESIDENCY? THE JUSTICES ARE REVISITING A 90 YEAR OLD RULE CALLED HUMPHREY’S EXECUTOR. IT’S A CASE AND DECISION THAT BLOCKED PRESIDENTS FROM FIRING HEADS OF INDEPENDENT AGENCIES WITHOUT CAUSE. THE SUPREME COURT, WHICH RULED ON THE CASE BACK IN 1935, PREVIOUSLY BARRED PRESIDENTS FROM FIRING AGENCY HEADS, ENSURING THAT THEY REMAIN FREE FROM POLITICAL PRESSURE. BUT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYS THAT’S UNCONSTITUTIONAL, CITING WITH CONSERVATIVE ARGUMENTS THAT SEE THESE AGENCIES AS AN EXTENSION OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS ALREADY PUT THAT ARGUMENT INTO ACTION, FIRING REBECCA SLAUGHTER, A FORMER COMMISSIONER OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, AND ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE LISA COOK, A FEDERAL RESERVE GOVERNOR. THE HEARING COMES JUST DAYS AFTER THE SUPREME COURT AGREED TO TAKE UP ANOTHER MAJOR CASE, THIS ONE CENTERED ON PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S EXECUTIVE ORDER ENDING BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP, A RULING IN EITHER CASE COULD ONCE AGAIN GREATLY EXPAND THE SCOPE OF THE PRESIDENT’S POWER. REPORTING IN WASHINGTON. I’M AMY LU. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. MORE ON THE PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S TEAM SAYS HE’LL BE MAKING A VISIT TO PENNSYLVANIA ON TUESDAY TO DISCUSS THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY. A WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL SAYS HE WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING HIS EFFORTS TO REDUCE INFLATION. THE TRIP HAS NOT YET BEEN FORMALLY ANNOUNCED, AND THERE’S NO WORD ON WHERE IN PENNSYLVANIA THE PRESIDENT WILL BE. WHAT A WARM WELCOME. THE AVONWORTH ANTELOPES ARE STATE CHAMPIONS. AVONWORTH CLAIMED THEIR FIRST PIAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE YESTERDAY OVER NORTHWESTERN. LEHIGH, THE FINAL SCORE 31 TO 7. BY WINNING THE TITLE, AVONWORTH ALSO ENDED NORTHWESTERN LEHIGH’S 31 GAME WINNING STREAK. WE CAUGHT UP WITH THE TEAM AS THEY ARRIVED HOME WITH A VICTORY LAST NIGHT. YOU KNOW, THEY’RE JUST A GREAT GROUP OF KIDS. THEY PLAY TOGETHER, THEY PLAY FOR EACH OTHER, THEY PLAY WITH EACH OTHER AND THEY LOVE ONE ANOTHER. THAT’S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY. THAT WAS GET THE JOB DONE. AND IT DID. WE WERE LAUGHING AND CHEERING THE ENTIRE WAY BACK. IT’S JUST AN AMAZING FEELING. THE GAME WAS A REMATCH OF LAST YEAR’S CHAMPIONSHIP, WHERE AVONWORTH LOST IN OVERTIME. WE’LL HAVE MUCH MORE ON THE GAME AND THE SIX CENTRAL CATHOLIC GAME COMING UP IN PITTSBURGH’S ACTION SPORTS. AND TODAY, THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS ARE IN BALTIMORE PREPARING FOR A HIGH STAKES GAME AGAINST THEIR DIVISION RIVAL, THE RAVENS. KICKOFF IS SET FOR 1 P.M. AT T BANK STADIUM. OUR LAST HOUR ASHLEY DOUGHERTY IS IN BALTIMORE, AND WE’LL HAVE MUCH MORE ON TODAY’S GAME AND THE RECENT CALLS TO FIRE MIKE TOMLIN. COMING UP, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION SPORTS. A HEADS UP FOR ROUTE 28 DRIVERS. 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Police: Man charged after altercation led to shots fired outside Springdale business
Three people were taken in for questioning, and one person was later arrested, after shots were fired outside a business in Springdale Saturday night. VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4: Dec. 7, 2025In a post from the Springdale Borough Police Department, patrolling officers in the area of Pittsburgh Street and Lincoln Avenue witnessed and heard multiple gunshots being fired around 11:45 p.m. Officers on scene said a large group of adults was seen leaving the area in front of 1115 Lincoln Avenue. According to a criminal complaint, two men and one woman were taken in for questioning. While on the scene, officials said 24 shell casings were recovered. Upon reviewing camera footage in the area, the complaint said, two men began arguing outside of the woman’s vehicle. One of the men, identified as Armando Diaz, was later seen running across the street and pointing a firearm towards the sky. Diaz was seen firing the gun multiple times as the other man took cover. The complaint said police searched the area with multiple K9 dogs but were unable to locate a firearm outside. Police later got permission to search the woman’s vehicle, where a firearm was recovered in the front seat and registered to the second man involved in the altercation. That man, identified in the complaint as Kaden Hoffman, was taken to the hospital due to injuries sustained from the incident. He was not, however, said to have been shot. Upon questioning, the complaint said Diaz later admitted to getting into a physical altercation with Hoffman, who he said was flirting with the woman. The woman was said to be Diaz’s girlfriend. Diaz told police he took the firearm from Hoffman during the fight and fired it into the air after the altercation. The post from Springdale police said the incident happened outside of a “promoted event organized by TJC promotions in the event room of From Italy Pizza,” which featured multiple performers identifying themselves as ‘rappers.'” Diaz has since been charged with the following: robbery, aggravated assault, simple assault, reckless endangerment, and person not to possess a firearm.There is currently no threat to the public, officials said. Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.
Three people were taken in for questioning, and one person was later arrested, after shots were fired outside a business in Springdale Saturday night.
VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4: Dec. 7, 2025
In a post from the Springdale Borough Police Department, patrolling officers in the area of Pittsburgh Street and Lincoln Avenue witnessed and heard multiple gunshots being fired around 11:45 p.m.
Officers on scene said a large group of adults was seen leaving the area in front of 1115 Lincoln Avenue.
According to a criminal complaint, two men and one woman were taken in for questioning. While on the scene, officials said 24 shell casings were recovered.
Upon reviewing camera footage in the area, the complaint said, two men began arguing outside of the woman’s vehicle. One of the men, identified as Armando Diaz, was later seen running across the street and pointing a firearm towards the sky.
Diaz was seen firing the gun multiple times as the other man took cover.
The complaint said police searched the area with multiple K9 dogs but were unable to locate a firearm outside. Police later got permission to search the woman’s vehicle, where a firearm was recovered in the front seat and registered to the second man involved in the altercation.
That man, identified in the complaint as Kaden Hoffman, was taken to the hospital due to injuries sustained from the incident. He was not, however, said to have been shot.
Upon questioning, the complaint said Diaz later admitted to getting into a physical altercation with Hoffman, who he said was flirting with the woman. The woman was said to be Diaz’s girlfriend.
Diaz told police he took the firearm from Hoffman during the fight and fired it into the air after the altercation.
The post from Springdale police said the incident happened outside of a “promoted event organized by TJC promotions in the event room of From Italy Pizza,” which featured multiple performers identifying themselves as ‘rappers.'”
Diaz has since been charged with the following: robbery, aggravated assault, simple assault, reckless endangerment, and person not to possess a firearm.
There is currently no threat to the public, officials said.
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