MCDONALD, Pa. — A suspect is in custody after shots were fired at officers in McDonald Borough.
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Officers were called to a house on the 300 block of Fairmont Street for a welfare check on a man who was intoxicated and in distress at 9:36 p.m.
When they arrived, they found a man, identified as Stephen Joseph Budai, who began swearing and yelling at them to shoot him. He retreated into a house and came back outside with a gun, police said.
Budai reportedly fired multiple shots and continued to do so throughout the entire incident, police said.
The Allegheny County Police Department said they received reports that a man began firing shots at officers at that location at 9:50 p.m. Their SWAT units provided assistance at the scene along with other police departments from both Allegheny and Washington counties.
Budai was barricaded inside a house in that location. Police said he exited the house and surrendered peacefully at 11:10 p.m.
Investigators said no one was injured, but multiple police and civilian vehicles were hit.
Budai was transported to a nearby hospital for an evaluation and is expected to be charged, according to the McDonald Police Department.
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