Donald G. Donnie Ketter Jr., 28, was shot and killed outside the Carrick Lit Club in Pittsburgh in the early hours of February 5, 2017. Ketter was leaving the members-only club when he and another man exchanged words. A single shot fired from the front passenger seat of an Uber struck Ketter in the chest. Police found him on Copperfield Avenue; he was taken to UPMC Mercy Hospital and pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

The passenger who fired the shot was identified as 37-year-old Derek Vasos. After the shooting he ordered the Uber driver to leave, disassembled the handgun inside the vehicle, and later threatened the driver with a throat-slitting gesture that prompted the driver to flag down an officer. Vasos was arrested and charged with homicide, intimidating a witness, and making threats. At trial he testified he acted in self-defense, saying Ketter had approached aggressively; the jury rejected that claim and convicted Vasos of third-degree murder. Vasos was sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison, followed by 10 years of probation for Ketter’s death.