Kalvin Davis Jr., an 18-year-old Black man from Erie, Pennsylvania, was killed while sleeping in an upstairs bedroom of a duplex at West 29th and Cherry streets in the early morning hours of July 1, 2021. Surveillance showed three gunmen approach and fire numerous shots into the second floor at about 3:50 a.m.; a single bullet penetrated an exterior wall and struck Kalvin in the head, killing him. Dozens of shell casings were recovered, including 18 from a .40-caliber weapon and others from 9 mm firearms. Police recovered a .40-caliber Glock during a traffic stop the next day; ballistics tied it to the casings and the fatal bullet, and four DNA profiles were found on the gun, one linking to a suspect.

Jamie D. Smith Jr. was arrested in October 2022 and, in May 2024, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and received a four-to-eight-year term to run consecutively with an existing 30-to-60-year sentence, closing the case. Kalvin was remembered by family as a gifted athlete, a comedian and the father of a young son; his family called for a harsher punishment.

Anyone who knew Kalvin or has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.