Romeke Freeman was a 20-year-old from McKees Rocks who was shot in the head at a residence in Pittsburgh’s Garfield neighborhood on July 1, 2017. He was taken to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital and placed on life support but died later that afternoon. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled his death a homicide.

The Pittsburgh Police Department’s Group Violence Intervention Unit took over the investigation. Freeman’s family and friends remember him as family-oriented, active in his community and aspiring to be a music artist; his death has had a lasting impact on them.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the investigators handling the case.