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Chanetta Lorae Powell was 25 and eight months pregnant when she was killed on March 9, 2016, in a mass shooting at a backyard barbecue in Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County. The attack killed six people in total: Chanetta, her sister Brittany Powell, her brother Jerry Shelton, family friends Tina Shelton and Shada Mahone, and Chanetta’s unborn child. Her brother LaMont Powell survived but was reported to have been under scrutiny for an alleged connection to a 2013 killing; LaMont did not cooperate with investigators.

Authorities described the shooting as a calculated, brutal operation carried out by two gunmen, one with a .40-caliber handgun and the other with an assault-style rifle. The investigation treated the attack as likely retaliation for the 2013 death of Calvin Calio Doswell. Two men, Cheron Lamont C-Wiz Shelton and Robert James Milhouse Thomas, were charged in connection with the murders, and a $20,000 reward was offered for information leading to the suspects’ arrest.

The community was deeply affected by the violence. Does anyone have information about that night or knew Chanetta and her family that could help clarify what happened?