Elijah Hemingway Charged After Edgewood Attack Kills Doctor, Injures Wife

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Police said 32-year-old Elijah Hemingway was arrested and charged after a knife attack at a home on Linden Avenue in Edgewood, just outside Pittsburgh. The attack was reported at about 12:30 a.m. on Thursday, 24 September 2026. WPXI reported that 46-year-old Idris Evans, a pediatric critical-care physician at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, died at a hospital; his wife was critically injured.

According to police accounts reported by CBS News and WPXI, the victims were asleep when a man entered their home through a rear window and attacked them. The couple's two children, ages 8 and 12, escaped safely. Police said Hemingway faces criminal homicide, aggravated assault, burglary and criminal trespass charges.

Investigators had not established a motive or confirmed whether Hemingway and Evans knew each other. The reports describe pending criminal allegations; they do not establish Hemingway's guilt or report a court outcome.

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