Clarence Thomas IV, an 18-year-old African American male from Pittsburgh, was shot and killed on July 18, 2020, in the Sheraden neighborhood. The shooting happened around 10 p.m. after a ShotSpotter alert led Pittsburgh police to the 3000 block of Bergman Street, where Thomas was found and pronounced dead at the scene. Another man was wounded in the arm and taken to hospital in stable condition.

The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed Thomas’s death. The death occurred amid a noted rise in homicides in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County in 2020, when the city recorded 51 homicides versus 37 in 2019.

If anyone has information about what happened on Bergman Street that night, please come forward to assist the ongoing investigation.