Chauncy Howard, 25, was fatally shot on January 10, 2016, in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood and was found in a white Chevy Malibu that had crashed into a utility pole on Universal Street. He was pronounced dead at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds to his neck, trunk, and extremities. Chauncy was a father of three children.

Witnesses said two people fled the scene in a red Jeep. Police located a matching vehicle, pursued it briefly, and apprehended five males; 17-year-olds Charles Williams and Tremond Allston were among them. Officers recovered a handgun thrown from the Jeep during the pursuit and another near where Williams was hiding. Ballistics linked both firearms to shell casings at the scene, and investigators concluded the shooting was the result of a planned robbery of Howard.

Williams and Allston were charged as adults with homicide, conspiracy, and firearms violations. Williams’s first trial ended in a mistrial after jury tampering by his father; his father was later convicted for that offense. Charges against Tremond Allston were dropped. In a subsequent trial, Charles Williams was convicted of third-degree murder, possession of a firearm by a minor, and carrying a firearm without a license, and received a prison term of 21 years and 8 months to 43 years and 4 months.