A custody exchange on a cold December afternoon in Pittsburgh turned deadly when 36-year-old Corey Washington was shot multiple times in the parking lot of a Family Dollar on Brighton Road in Brighton Heights. First responders found Washington and took him to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead after arriving in critical condition. Surveillance video from a nearby library captured the shooting, and witnesses — including Washington’s then-17-year-old daughter — said he was trying to walk away when shots were fired.

The verbal argument between Washington and the mother of his 4-year-old son, Tanisha Turner, escalated into a physical altercation. Turner’s boyfriend, 42-year-old Ambrose J. Sample Jr., who had been waiting in a car, got out and fired at least three shots. Sample was arrested in January 2023 and charged with criminal homicide, persons not to possess a firearm, and carrying a firearm without a license. His defense has said he acted in defense of his girlfriend.

The trial earlier this year ended in a mistrial in March 2026 after a police officer mentioned Sample’s prior homicide conviction, a detail the judge had ruled inadmissible. A new trial date was set and legal proceedings are ongoing. If anyone witnessed the exchange or has information about that Family Dollar parking lot shooting, please share what was seen or heard.