Damon Lincoln was 24 when he was killed during a home invasion at his Anthony Street residence in Mt. Oliver on the night of December 23, 2020. Two masked men forced their way into a birthday celebration for his mother, held Lincoln and a friend at gunpoint, and began ransacking the house. Lincoln’s mother, Janet Dearolf, came downstairs and one of the intruders threw and kicked her. Lincoln stepped in to protect her and was shot in the back. He was taken to UPMC Mercy and pronounced dead; the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death a homicide.

The case went cold for several years while the family offered a reward for information. In spring 2025 an anonymous tip from a burner phone identified a man named David Barlow as being involved. Investigators located Barlow in Dormont; he denied knowing Lincoln’s address but gave a DNA sample that later matched DNA from the crime scene. No arrests were announced at that time.

Does anyone have information about Lincoln, the December 2020 incident, or the people who were living in or near Anthony Street then?