A man remains hospitalized and was last reported stable after he was stabbed during a Sunday evening altercation in Pittsburgh, and the person accused of attacking him has not been found. Police believe the victim was stabbed in the chest and leg with a knife during a fight with another person, and officers who searched the area afterward came up empty.
According to WPXI, police believe two people were fighting when one of them allegedly drew a knife and stabbed the other. The outlet reports that the victim, a man, was taken to the hospital and was last reported in stable condition. Investigators have not located the suspect, who remains at large as of Sunday.
Conflicting Accounts of When Police Responded
Exactly when officers arrived on scene is unclear. WPXI's reporting states that police were sent to the 700 block of Second Avenue around 6:30 p.m. Sunday, but a notice from the City of Pittsburgh says Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Zone 2 officers responded to a reported altercation at that same block at approximately 9:15 p.m. The two timelines do not match, and nothing in the available reporting resolves the discrepancy.
What both accounts agree on is the location: the 700 block of Second Avenue, in the Bluff neighborhood. Police searched the surrounding area for the suspect but did not find anyone matching that description, leaving the case open as investigators continue looking for the person responsible.
A Separate Stabbing Reported Across Town
The Second Avenue stabbing wasn't the only one reported in Pittsburgh over the weekend. According to Yahoo News, a man was found stabbed on Pittsburgh's South Side late Saturday night, with officers responding to the 10 block of South 13th Street around 11:30 p.m. for a report of a person stabbed. Officers found that man in the street with a stab wound to the neck and took him to an area hospital in critical condition, the outlet reported. Nothing in the available reporting ties that South Side incident to the following evening's stabbing on Second Avenue, and the two should be treated as separate cases.
It is not the first time Zone 2 officers have been dispatched to that same stretch of Second Avenue for a reported stabbing. A city public safety notice indicates that police were sent to the 700 block of Second Avenue for a similar report in October 2023, though that earlier case offers no indication of any connection to Sunday's incident. For residents tracking broader patterns, the city maintains a Police Data Portal with crime mapping and a violent crimes dashboard, and a separate public dataset tracks Pittsburgh Bureau of Police crime incidents from 2024 through 2026, though neither resource confirms a specific trend tied to this case.
No arrest has been announced in connection with Sunday's stabbing, and police have not released the identities of the victim or the suspect. The investigation remains active as officers continue searching for the person who fled the scene.
