On the late evening of Saturday, November 27, 2021, Theodore D. Teddy Parks Jr., a 38-year-old man from Bellevue, was fatally shot in the 100 block of California Avenue in Avalon just before 10:30 p.m. First responders found Parks with a gunshot wound to his chest; he was taken to Allegheny General Hospital and pronounced dead.

A suspect was arrested at the scene. Brennan Lamar Fife, 31, of Avalon, was charged by the Allegheny County Police with criminal homicide and held in the county jail. Court records noted Fife was awaiting a non-jury trial on separate June charges of strangulation, simple assault, and harassment when the homicide arrest occurred.

Parks, known as Teddy, is survived by his son Preston, his parents, and siblings; a memorial visitation and service were held in the days after his death. Does anyone with knowledge of the Avalon area or this family have information that could shed light on what led to this shooting?