PITTSBURGH — A man credited with saving a 16-year-old girl stabbing victim last year was gunned down, apparently with an AK-47 or other assault-type weapon, police said.

Hosea Davis was shot at least 16 times before he was found dead about 12:45 p.m. Monday, according to police, who continued to search for the shooter Tuesday.

It appears Davis was chased toward the alley where he was found slain, “and the evidence indicates there were additional rounds shot into the victim’s back as he laid on the ground,” police Lt. Kevin Kraus said.

Davis was credited with saving Allison Meadows when a homeless man stabbed her March 25.