Cedric L. Mack, 41, of Duquesne was fatally shot in the head on December 18, 2019, on Pittsburgh’s North Side near Norwood and Kennedy avenues. The shooting happened in the afternoon as Mack was exiting a friend’s car; the friend, Ashley Strong, was also injured. Strong testified she saw a man walk up behind Mack and shoot him in the back of the head.

Investigators used surveillance video, license plate camera reads and witness statements to track a suspect. Police followed a trail through snow to the Steelworkers Towers Apartments on Perrysville Avenue, where a man was seen disposing of clothing in a trash chute. That man was later arrested and charged with first-degree murder, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, carrying a firearm without a license and tampering with evidence. Prosecutors say the suspect had signed into the building that morning under the name Reese and was visiting his grandmother.

Does anyone have information about Cedric Mack, the shooting that afternoon, or activity near Norwood and Kennedy avenues that day?