Fourteen-year-old LaJaponis Roberts of Duquesne, Pennsylvania, was killed in a shooting on September 2, 2022. She was a passenger in a burgundy Chevy Cruze that was struck multiple times in the 700 block of Priscilla Avenue; she was pronounced dead at the scene by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner. The driver of the car fled, leaving Roberts behind.

Allegheny County Homicide detectives and a team of Violent Crime and Firearms detectives have been assigned and asked the community for help. A 17-year-old, Justice Haten, has been arrested on aggravated assault and gun violations, but Haten’s role in Roberts’ death has not been confirmed and the search for the shooter remains active. Roberts had just started her freshman year at Fox Chapel Area High School and planned to play basketball that season.

Did anyone in Duquesne or the Fox Chapel area see the burgundy Chevy Cruze or events on Priscilla Avenue that night?