Ta’Sean Gray, 18, was found dead in the grass behind a home on Hawkins Avenue in North Braddock, Pennsylvania, on the morning of December 31, 2018. He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and his body was discovered partially underneath a large grill. The death was one of the final homicides recorded in Allegheny County that year.

The timeline begins the previous evening, December 30, when ShotSpotter alerted police to shots near Jones Street and Hawkins Avenue. Witnesses reported seeing someone firing from a white SUV at a person on foot. No victim was located that night. The following morning a 911 call reporting a man down led to the discovery of Gray’s body.

Later that Monday a white Ford Explorer matching the witness description was seen by Penn Hills police after an Allegheny County request; the driver fled and the SUV crashed into a home in East Hills. The driver escaped on foot.

Does anyone who was in the Hawkins Avenue or Jones Street area on the night of December 30 have information that could help the investigation?