On the evening of January 27, 2021, 19-year-old Kwaeonte Carpenter was fatally shot in the 300 block of Flowers Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood. After the shooting a private vehicle carried Carpenter and a man with a gunshot wound to his hand; the vehicle was stopped by officers on Blair Street, who found Carpenter critically injured and began CPR. She was taken to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital and pronounced dead.

Police reported no arrests in connection with the homicide. As of early 2026 there is no indication that suspects have been identified or taken into custody and the killing remains unresolved.

Did anyone in the Hazelwood area that night see or hear anything that could help investigators?