Man arrested after hours-long search in North Park related to suspected domestic incident
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — One person was taken into custody and is facing charges after a suspected domestic incident overnight in North Park.
Police say officers were called out around midnight when dispatchers received a report of a woman screaming at a car near the tennis courts.
Investigators say they approached the car to try and speak with the driver, who wouldn't identify himself or answer any questions.
That driver, who police identified as 31-year-old Austin Smyers, also had his shoes off with grass on his feet and a red mark on his hand. According to police, Smyers was acting as though he may have had a weapon in his possession.
Police asked Smyers to get out of the car, but he refused several times, so officers forcefully removed him.
According to police paperwork, Smyers fought with officers for several minutes until they tased him, and found a knife in his possession.
Although a woman was heard screaming, police say they didn't find anybody else in the vehicle. Extra crews and K-9s were brought in to search the wooded area nearby, but nothing turned up. Police are asking anyone with information, including the woman, to come forward.
KDKA-TV learned through neighbors that the address listed for Smyers, who has been charged with aggravated assault and resisting arrest, is the same house where the parents of Dan Smyers live. Dan is part of the popular country music duo Dan + Shay.
KDKA-TV went to the home on Friday, but no one answered the door. KDKA-TV also reached out to Dan for comment but did not hear back.