Tyrelle Bowyer was a 15-year-old Woodland Hills School District student from Swissvale who was found dead in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, on the evening of July 16, 2018. A dog walker discovered him in South Dell Alley, an overgrown narrow roadway off Penn Avenue, at about 7:20 p.m.; police estimated the shooting occurred shortly after 7:00 p.m. He had been shot in the back of the head and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Surveillance video showed Tyrelle walking with two other males on the 800 block of Ardmore Boulevard at about 7:06 p.m.; roughly five minutes later two males were seen walking back from the same direction without him. One of those males was identified by police as Brandon McFarland. On July 23, 2018, Allegheny County Police arrested 17-year-old Brandon McFarland and charged him as an adult with criminal homicide, possession of a firearm by a minor, tampering with evidence, and other weapons violations. McFarland allegedly told detectives the shooting was accidental, saying Tyrelle produced a black revolver and the gun discharged while they struggled, but investigators noted Tyrelle was shot in the back of the head and treated the death as more than an unexplained accident.

Reporting on the case documents the arrest and charges but does not provide a clear later outcome. Did anyone in the Wilkinsburg or Swissvale area see Tyrelle or his companions on the evening of July 16, 2018?