On the evening of November 16, 2019, Gregory Lamont Blair Sr., 46, was shot and killed during a confrontation in Wilkinsburg, Pittsburgh. The incident began when Blair confronted a man he believed was harassing a female friend as she waited for a ride on the 900 block of Center Street. Witnesses reported hearing the argument and seeing two muzzle flashes; Blair was found with a gunshot wound and died after being taken to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital.

Surveillance footage and eyewitness accounts led investigators to a nearby resident, Dilon Bartifay, who was arrested and charged with criminal homicide. At trial prosecutors relied on video of the altercation and testimony from an Allegheny County crime lab analyst who found gunshot residue on the sleeve of the sweatshirt Bartifay wore that night. A jury convicted Bartifay of first-degree murder in February 2022, and he received a mandatory life sentence in May 2022. Blair’s family remembered him as a loving father who enjoyed cooking and never missed his children’s sporting events.

If anyone knew Gregory or witnessed the events that night, please share what you remember.