Woman In Critical Condition After Being Shot In Head, Found In Stowe Twp. Alley

By: KDKA-TV News Staff

STOWE TOWNSHIP (KDKA) -- Allegheny County Police are investigating after a woman was found with a gunshot wound to the head in Stowe Township early Thursday morning.

Officers were called to Penn Alley around 8:15 a.m.

(Photo Credit: KDKA Photojournalist Tim Lawson)

The 28-year-old victim was found in an alleyway near the back of the road.

According to Allegheny County Police, the woman was with another man when they approached a vehicle in the alley. While talking to the person in the vehicle, police say the woman was shot.

The woman, whose name has not been released, was taken to a local hospital where she is in critical condition.

County police are investigating.

They say they have taken a warrant suspect into custody through the course of their investigation, but they say that person's "involvement in the shooting is currently unclear."

Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the Allegheny County Police Tip Line at 1-833-ALL-TIPS.

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