On the night of December 29, 2015, 22-year-old Isaac Cole of Glassport was shot and killed in Clairton at about 10:30 p.m. The shooting happened near Maple Alley by a gas station after Cole, his mother, his girlfriend and his younger brother stopped their car to check on a noise. Family and other witnesses at the scene rushed Cole to Jefferson Hospital, where he died of multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at 11:18 p.m.

Witnesses who were with Cole identified 21-year-old John Sanders of Clairton, known as Little John, as the shooter; Cole told those in the car that Little John had shot him before he died. Authorities arrested Sanders and charged him with criminal homicide, a firearms violation and tampering with evidence. Police described the motive initially as an ongoing dispute between the two men; surveillance showed a minibike in the area shortly before the shooting and investigators reported finding particles consistent with gunshot residue on Sanders’ hand and on a sweatshirt he was allegedly wearing.

At trial the family members who witnessed the shooting testified for the prosecution.

If anyone knew Isaac, his movements that night, or has information about the events near Maple Alley, please share what is known.