Pittsburgh Pediatric ICU Physician Killed In Home Stabbing; Suspect Charged
Early Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, a Pittsburgh pediatric intensive-care physician, Dr. Idris Evans, 46, was fatally stabbed and his wife critically injured at their home on Linden Avenue in Edgewood Borough, Pennsylvania.[1]
Allegheny County police were called about 12:30 a.m. and described the incident as a double stabbing inside the Linden Avenue residence.[1] Court paperwork says the couple woke to a man in underwear attacking them in bed with a kitchen knife while he uttered statements about being God, and that Evans called him "Elijah." CBS News Evans' two children, ages 8 and 12, were told to run to a neighbor's home during the attack, the wife's account says.[1]
Officers found 32-year-old Elijah Hemingway with cuts on his hands behind a nearby home and later charged him with criminal homicide, aggravated assault, burglary and trespassing.[1] Evans worked at UPMC Children's Hospital as a pediatric critical-care transport medical director, and police say he died of his injuries while his wife remains critically injured.[1]
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- Early Thursday, September 24, 2026, Allegheny County police responded around 12:30 a.m. to a double stabbing at a home on Linden Avenue in Edgewood Borough, Pennsylvania.
- UPMC Children's Hospital physician and pediatric critical-care transport medical director Dr. Idris Evans, 46, died from his injuries; his wife was critically injured.
- Court paperwork says the couple awoke to a man in underwear attacking them in bed with a kitchen knife, uttering statements about being God, and that Evans called him "Elijah."
- Police found 32-year-old suspect Elijah Hemingway with hand cuts behind a nearby home and later charged him with criminal homicide, aggravated assault, burglary and trespassing.
- Evans' two children, ages 8 and 12, were told to flee to a neighbor's home during the attack, according to the wife's account to police.
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