Police ID man who killed self after abducting woman, child
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Allegheny County police have released the name of a man who shot himself while negotiating with police who were called after the man reportedly abducted a woman and child in Pittsburgh.
Police said 20-year-old Andre Williams Jr., of McKeesport, shot himself about 4 a.m. in Swissvale.
Officers responded at 2:10 a.m. Wednesday to a report a child had been abducted from a home in Pittsburgh’s crime-ridden Homewood neighborhood, and witnesses told arriving officers a man had fled with a woman and a 1-year-old child in a car.
When police located the car in Swissvale, officers attempted to negotiate with Williams, but he shot himself in the head. The woman and baby weren’t hurt. Two 17-year-olds were later arrested on kidnapping, kidnapping of a minor and conspiracy charges.