In the early morning of December 23, 2018, 23-year-old Shanon Williams of McKeesport was shot in the Homewood-Brushton neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Around 1:30 a.m., multiple gunshots were detected near North Lang Avenue and Felicia Way by the city’s ShotSpotter system. Officers and medics found Williams with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The shooting occurred during the holiday season and left neighbors distressed at the loss of a young man described as someone’s son and brother.

The investigation continued into January. On January 15, 2019, Pittsburgh Police announced an arrest: 26-year-old Tyus Starke of McKeesport was taken into custody and charged with homicide in connection with Williams’s death. Authorities did not release any information about a motive at the time.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Shanon, please come forward to help the investigation.