Avante Donovan Booker, a 17-year-old Black male from Pittsburgh, was shot and killed on April 19, 2022, inside a home on the 700 block of Midland Street in Wilkinsburg. First responders were called about 8:20–8:30 p.m. after reports of gunfire; Avante and 21-year-old Paris Glover were found dead and a third man was wounded and taken to a hospital before being released.

The house was described as vacant and under renovation for use as a rental; a contractor at the scene said the property may have been broken into prior to the shooting. Allegheny County police opened a homicide investigation and initially reported no one in custody. Public reports did not name a suspect or describe a motive tied directly to Avante’s killing.

Weeks after the murders, WPXI reported that matching 9mm shell casings were found at the Midland Street scene and at an Easter Sunday Airbnb mass-shooting two days earlier, suggesting the same firearm had been used at both scenes. That ballistic link was reported without naming who fired the weapon or announcing any arrest. Does anyone have information about activity near Midland Street that evening or about vehicles or people seen leaving the area?