In his final remarks to Pittsburgh voters, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Pennsylvania’s Republican candidate for Senate, emphasized crime prevention and energy production.
In an article for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, he pointed to the surging crime in the city in 2021.
“As violent crime increases in Western Pennsylvania, our communities have become less safe and businesses have become negatively impacted as a result,” he noted.
Data indicates that over the last three years, crime has significantly increased in the Steel City, with an increase of 26 percent in homicides during 2020–2021. Shootings and dispatches for shots fired also saw an upsurge during the same period, according to data from the City of Pittsburg….