Samuel Rende, 90, was shot and killed on December 28, 2019, while sitting in his black pickup truck near the entrance to Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Pittsburgh’s Greenfield neighborhood. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds, including a fatal head wound, and died at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital at 12:59 p.m. Rende was a Marine veteran who served in the Korean War and later worked as a steelworker at U.S. Steel’s Homestead plant. He is survived by his sister Theresa Mastriano and daughters Samantha and Catherine.

Police arrested 27-year-old Anthony Miller of White Oak shortly after the shooting. According to the criminal complaint, Miller confessed to the shooting, stole Rende’s gold wedding ring and wristwatch, and had used a .40 caliber handgun reported stolen from a vehicle earlier that week. A witness saw Miller walking from the scene with a gun; officers found the stolen handgun in his sweatshirt and Rende’s ring with dried bloodstains in Miller’s sock. Miller was charged with homicide and related offenses.

The motive remains unclear. Does anyone have information about Rende’s last movements that day or about what led to this robbery and killing?