Early morning stabbing in Downtown Pittsburgh sends one person to hospital
UPDATE: Christopher Harris Jr. is charged with criminal attempted homicide, aggravated assault and recklessly endangering another person. He was taken to the Allegheny County Jail.
The previous story from June 18, 2025, is below.
One man is in critical condition after a stabbing in Downtown Pittsburgh.
It happened just before five this morning -- just hours before the mid-week morning rush.
When plenty of cars – and people are heading out onto the streets.
"They told me about 5 o'clock this morning someone had got stabbed," Marvin Cogdell of Pittsburgh said.
Police say officers found a man with multiple stab wounds.
They were to his upper torso and his neck.
"It scares me," Katie Jankowski of Dormont said.
That man was taken to the hospital. He's in critical condition.
"I'm hoping that they survive that incident," Cogdell said.
Marvin Cogdell got a look at the scene.
"I noticed that there was a lot of water on the ground… but you could still see blood that they didn't actually spray," he said. "…I look inside the can – there's like a crate that has blood on it."
People we spoke with are being more watchful.
"I'm just keeping an open eye – and trying to be safe," Jankowski said.
KDKA-TV did see police on the beat hours after the stabbing.
One was even on bike patrol.
"I wish there were more," Jankowski said.
Pittsburgh Police have not said anything yet about arrests in this case.
We did spot police at and near the scene trying to comb through surveillance video. Stay with KDKA for updates to this story.
