On the morning of November 25, 2017, 14-year-old Augustus C. Gray of Braddock was found lying in the middle of Paulson Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar neighborhood with a gunshot wound to the head. Police were notified about 6 a.m. by a ShotSpotter alert. He was taken to UPMC Presbyterian in critical condition and died about 11 hours later; his death was ruled a homicide.

Investigators initially struggled to identify witnesses or a suspect, leaving the family and Woodland Hills School District community in prolonged uncertainty. In January 2019 the Western Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force arrested 47-year-old Tremayne Wilmer of Verona and charged him with criminal homicide in connection with Augustus’s death. Wilmer’s 33-year-old girlfriend, Nehlah Stubblefield of Verona, was arrested the same month on charges of perjury and false swearing tied to the investigation; both were booked into the Allegheny County Jail.

If anyone knew Augustus, saw activity on Paulson Avenue that morning, or has information about the shooting, please come forward.