On February 6, 2017, 19-year-old Anthony Hoots Jr. was killed by multiple gunshot wounds inside a second-floor apartment at the Forest Apartments on Smokey Wood Drive in Swissvale. Eighteen-year-old Robert Detorre III also died; two other men were wounded. Investigators concluded the four men exchanged gunfire inside the apartment and found no signs of forced entry. Multiple firearms, including an AK-47, were recovered and authorities believed a robbery was the motive.

Family and friends remembered Hoots as a jolly, big fellow who liked to make people laugh. He had graduated from Woodland Hills High School, was working three jobs and was taking business classes at the Community College of Allegheny County. Court records also showed a recent charge against him in a road rage incident involving a firearm.

The Allegheny County Police closed the investigation without filing charges after determining the deaths resulted from the exchange of gunfire. Does anyone have information about the events at the Forest Apartments that night?