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Mar 22, 2006 2:55 pm US/Eastern

SWAT, Bomb Squad Downtown

Police are investigating reports of a man in camouflage allegedly carrying a high-powered rifle in a downtown building

There are no reports of any shots being fired

The SWAT team is on the scene and people are being kept inside nearby buildings.
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― Pittsburgh police have blocked off traffic downtown and they're keeping people inside nearby buildings after several witnesses described seeing a man dressed in camouflage with a high-powered rifle at a building along Penn Avenue.

The incident started around 1pm when someone called 911 about a man with a gun inside a building at 525 Penn Avenue.

The caller apparently described the suspect as a white man with a beard wearing camouflage pants.

As a precaution, police have blocked off the area between Penn Avenue and Sixth Avenue in Downtown Pittsburgh.

Elevators in the building have been shut down.

The SWAT team is on the scene searching for the man.

The bomb squad has also arrived on the scene.

Stay with KDKA as this story develops

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