A late Memorial Day evening altercation in Pittsburgh’s Hill District escalated into gunfire that killed 34-year-old Isaac Harrison. The shooting happened shortly before 11 p.m. on May 27, 2019, in the 2500 block of Chauncey Drive in the Bedford Dwellings housing development. A 15-year-old girl was also shot and taken to a local hospital in stable condition. Harrison was taken to a hospital by a private vehicle and pronounced dead minutes after arrival; the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled his death a homicide.

Pittsburgh police initially sought help identifying a woman they considered a possible suspect, but the investigation later focused on Jalaspian Charles. Charles was arrested in Denver, Colorado, and charged with Harrison’s murder. Charles was convicted of first-degree murder, recklessly endangering another person, and a firearms violation, and received a life sentence without parole plus an additional two to four years.

Did anyone in the Hill District on May 27, 2019, see or hear details that could help clarify what sparked the shooting?