Late on a Friday night in April 2018, 27-year-old Shawn William Dillard of Erie was found lying in the street on the 1800 block of Cliff Street in Pittsburgh’s Hill District after a reported shooting. Officers responding to a call just after 10 p.m. discovered Dillard with a gunshot wound to the head. He was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead from his injuries.

Investigators developed a suspect after a witness told police that Montay Bailey had killed Dillard, citing revenge and a dispute over drugs as the motive. Bailey was arrested and charged with murder; court proceedings ended in a guilty verdict. In September 2021 a judge sentenced Bailey to 20 to 60 years in prison for the shooting.

If anyone knew Shawn, his routines, or witnessed activity on Cliff Street that night, please share information that could shed more light on what happened.