Pittsburgh police arrested a man on charges including aggravated assault and criminal attempt after they said he stabbed another man Thursday morning at a bus stop on the North Side, leaving him in critical condition.

Dispatchers said first responders were called to the area of Cedar Avenue and Pressley Street just after 6 a.m. on Thursday. One man was taken to the hospital after the stabbing, and according to Pittsburgh Public Safety, he is in critical condition. 

Police said when first responders arrived, they found the victim at the bus stop, stabbed in the back. EMS crews transported him to the hospital, and officers started to search for the man they believed was responsible after he ran away.

According to the criminal complaint, by using their drones, police eventually located the suspect, 46-year-old Brian Kellum, at a homeless encampment near the 16th Street Bridge, where they saw him changing his shoes.

Witnesses told police they saw Kellum fighting with the victim shortly before near the parking lot of the Giant Eagle at Cedar and Pressley.

A woman who only wanted to be identified as Remi felt uneasy walking in the neighborhood after learning what happened.

"It's crazy. It's scary," Remi said. "There's a lot of kids around here, and they can't even enjoy themselves and go to the park or anything like that." 

Those who frequent the area are staying vigilant, just as they did after the shooting in the same spot in October 2022 that killed two women, innocent bystanders, along with a man, and injured another.

"It's just me being a single female, walking by myself. It's just, you know, preparing myself, being safe for myself," a woman who wanted to go by Dee said.

They're taking precautions, carrying things like mace, just in case, wishing they didn't have to.

"Life is too short, and we got to come out and worry about if we're going to make it to the next day or the next hour or the next minute. It just needs to stop," Remi said.

Police said at one point they also detained a woman who was with the suspect for questioning.

The incident remains under investigation.