Rasaun Malik Taylor, 22, was fatally shot in Pittsburgh’s East Allegheny neighborhood on June 23, 2021. Officers responded around 1 a.m. to a ShotSpotter alert on Nash Street and found Taylor with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. A second person suffered a gunshot wound to the foot and was taken to hospital in stable condition.

Taylor was described as kind-hearted, a mentor to his younger brothers, had recently become a father and had just moved into a new home. His uncle, Arthur Cooper, voiced grief and frustration about violence in the neighborhood. No arrests have been made and the Pittsburgh Police Department is actively investigating and working to identify suspects.

Anyone who saw activity on Nash Street that night or has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.