Three people were found dead in Mt Lebanon on Tuesday evening near the municipal building, setting off a large police response in the area. The call came in around 4:30 p.m., and police remained focused near the parking garage on Washington Road next to the building.
Laura Pace Lilley said it was not immediately known how the three people died or who they were. Mt. Lebanon Police Department described the scene as an ongoing police situation and said there was no threat to the public, even as officers kept the area under a heavy presence.
The deaths matter now because they unfolded in a public part of Mt. Lebanon, about 5 miles south of Pittsburgh, and they did so fast enough to pull a major police response to the municipal center. For people watching the scene Tuesday evening, the visible activity pointed to something serious even as officials moved quickly to calm concerns.
That gap remains the key fact: three people were dead, but the cause was still unknown and the victims had not been identified. Mt. Lebanon Police Department said it would release more details when it had them, leaving the public with an active investigation and few answers beyond the assurance that there was no wider danger.
