Robert Agurs, 32, was shot and killed outside a Marathon gas station on Frankstown Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Larimer neighborhood in the early hours of a January Saturday in 2021. Earlier that evening he had been at a club in Homewood; as he left the club three men began to follow him, and the pursuit ended at the gas station. Around 2:00 a.m., about fifteen shots were fired from the passenger window of a vehicle. Agurs was struck multiple times in the chest and legs, taken to a hospital in critical condition, and later died.

The investigation identified three men: Michael James, Randall Jones, and Dennis Alexander. Prosecutors say the killing was planned; James waited in a Jeep outside the club while Jones and Alexander were inside, then the men followed Agurs in a rental SUV and Jones fired the shots. Alexander later pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence and firearm possession and testified for the prosecution; his testimony helped lead to convictions. In October 2024 a jury found James and Jones guilty of first-degree murder, conspiracy, and carrying a firearm without a license, and in January they received mandatory life sentences without parole. Agurs’s family described the shooting as senseless and noted the defendants showed no remorse.

If anyone knew Robert, his movements that night, or has information about the events leading to the ambush, please come forward.