A Pittsburgh pediatric doctor was killed and his wife was wounded when they were brutally stabbed while they slept in their bed, police said Thursday.
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Police responded to a home in Edgewood on Thursday shortly after midnight and found Idris Evans, 46, and his wife with “multiple stab wounds,” Allegheny County police said.
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Evans, a pediatric critical care physician at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
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His wife was also taken to a hospital and remains in critical condition.
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During a search, detectives found Elijah Hemingway, 32, behind a nearby home, with “lacerations to his hand,” police said.
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He was detained and taken to an area hospital for treatment.
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Court records show Hemingway is awaiting a preliminary hearing on charges of criminal homicide, aggravated assault, burglary, criminal trespass and possessing instruments of crime.
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At the hospital, Evans’ wife told authorities that she and her husband awoke to a man stabbing them with a kitchen knife.
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She described the man as “psychotic,” saying he repeatedly “made utterances about ‘God’ and being ‘God,’” according to the criminal complaint.
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She also described the man as being in his underwear.
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Allegheny County Assistant Police Superintendent Victor Joseph said at a news conference Thursday that police are investigating whether Evans and Hemingway might have known each other.
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“The wife believes she heard her husband say a name, Elijah, but the wife is also unclear if the actor identified himself by name, so we’re still investigating that,” Joseph said.
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Evans’ wife indicated she did not know the suspect herself, the complaint says.
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She said that the man also used other objects in their bedroom as weapons and that she and her husband fought back as best they could.
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She successfully yelled for her children, ages 8 and 12, to flee and go to their neighbor’s house, according to the complaint.
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The children were uninjured, police said.
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Evans’ wife said that the man demanded her car keys and that she gave them to him, the filing said.
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Evans’ wife, who was stabbed multiple times, ran to a neighbor’s house for help and to call 911, according to the complaint.
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When police arrived at the couple’s home, they found Evans on the floor of the third-story bedroom, with “multiple severe stab wounds and lacerations to his trunk,” the complaint says.
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There was a large amount of what was believed to be blood on the floor and walls of the bedroom, which was in disarray, with items knocked over.
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In the third-story bathroom, police found a large kitchen knife, also with suspected blood on it, the complaint says.
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The back door of the home was found open with blood on the handle. Officers also noticed an open kitchen window with suspected blood at its base and a “Leatherman style multi-tool nearby,” the filing says.
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In an interview with police, Hemingway said Evans had invited him to the residence hours before and let him inside when he arrived on his bike, the complaint says.
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However, no bike was found at the property, it says.
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Hemingway claimed that Evans attacked him with a knife and that a physical altercation ensued between himself and both victims in the third-floor bedroom, according to the complaint.
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Hemingway said that during the struggle, he was stabbed in the back, it says.
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He did not have any visible injuries beyond those to his hands, the complaint says.
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He remains in the hospital.
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It was not immediately clear whether he has an attorney.
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Joseph said that Hemingway does not live in the Edgewood area and that he did not immediately have information about whether Hemingway had a criminal history.
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The investigation continues.
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Evans’ death has shaken the local medical community.
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In addition to working as a physician, Evans was an assistant professor of critical care medicine at the University of Pittsburgh.
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The school and the hospital are “deeply saddened by the tragic loss of Dr. Idris Evans,” a hospital spokesperson said in a statement.
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Our thoughts are with his family, loved ones, and colleagues during this difficult time.
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We ask that their privacy be respected,” the statement said.
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