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Sunday, February 10, 2013

Friendly Fire to Blame in Shooting of Baldwin Boro Police Officer

The shooting occurred at around 4 a.m. on Sunday at a home on Elmwood Drive.

A Baldwin Borough police sergeant remains in stable condition at a Pittsburgh-area hospital, where he is being treated for gunshot wounds in his hip/lower back area, according to Allegheny County police Superintendent Charles Moffatt. Baldwin Council Vice President Michael Stelmasczyk confirmed that the injured officer is Sgt. Ralph Miller. Miller was injured by two rifle blasts from another Baldwin police officer while they and a third Baldwin officer were responding to a domestic disturbance at 5147 Elmwood Dr. in Baldwin (near the Wallace Building) at around 4 Sunday morning. The other two officers are not being identified and have been placed on administrative leave, Baldwin Police Chief Michael Scott said. "We want to make sure that …

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Robert Edward Healy, III

1:48 pm on Monday, March 11, 2013

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