{"id":15212,"date":"2022-08-09T12:58:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T12:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/carpool-driver-robbed-by-4-masked-gunmen-pittsburgh-police-say-wpxi\/"},"modified":"2022-08-09T12:58:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T12:58:38","slug":"carpool-driver-robbed-by-4-masked-gunmen-pittsburgh-police-say-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=15212","title":{"rendered":"Carpool driver robbed by 4 masked gunmen, Pittsburgh police say &#8211; WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH &#8211; A rideshare driver was carjacked when he was called to pick up passengers in Pittsburgh&#8217;s Elliot neighborhood early Tuesday, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph\">Officers responded to the 1200 block of Chartiers Avenue around 3 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph\">The rideshare driver told police that when he arrived to pick up the passengers, he got out of his car and was approached by four masked armed men.  Police said they held a gun to his head and robbed him of his cash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph\">Otherwise, the victim was not injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph\">Police said the suspects got into their white 2019 Ford Fusion and drove off.  Around 10:45 a.m., officers found the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph\">Pittsburgh police continue to investigate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph\">Download the FREE WPXI News app for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph\">Follow the news of Channel 11 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> i <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.  |  Watch WPXI NOW<\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-1gn0vty-0 gAFIWJ image-metadata\"><span class=\"title\">A local teacher is facing charges after 18 children were found drinking alcohol at her home <\/span><\/p>\n<p>MAIN STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92022 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/rideshare-driver-carjacked-by-4-armed-men-wearing-masks-pittsburgh-police-say\/HAAEDEMDU5AKZKLTH2KKPI6VJ4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PITTSBURGH &#8211; A rideshare driver was carjacked when he was called to pick up passengers in Pittsburgh&#8217;s Elliot neighborhood early Tuesday, police said. Officers responded to the 1200 block of Chartiers Avenue around 3 a.m. The rideshare driver told police that when he arrived to pick up the passengers, he got out of his car and was approached by four masked armed men. Police said they held a gun to his head and robbed him of his cash. Otherwise, the victim was not injured. Police said the suspects got into their white 2019 Ford Fusion and drove off. Around 10:45&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15212\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}