On September 25, 2015, 20-year-old Black male Javon Thornton of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, was found with multiple gunshot wounds near Westmoreland and Milligan Avenues in Swissvale. Emergency responders took him to UPMC Mercy Hospital, where he later died. The circumstances leading to the shooting are not detailed in reports.

The case is one of several unsolved homicides in Allegheny County in 2015, a year that saw a notable number of killings in the area.

If anyone has information about Thornton, his movements that day, or the shooting near Westmoreland and Milligan Avenues, please come forward to assist investigators.