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On the evening of August 4, 2015, 27-year-old Deona Barnett was walking home alone in Pittsburgh’s Brighton Heights just after 9 p.m. Neighbors heard gunshots and her screams; she was found on the sidewalk with her belongings scattered and was taken to UPMC Mercy Hospital. Deona, a mother of five who was six weeks pregnant, told paramedics she was pregnant and, while conscious in the ambulance, twice named Richard when asked who shot her. She died less than an hour after the shooting.

Detectives believed the shooter was on foot and that Deona had been specifically targeted. Witnesses described only a shadowy figure in the dimly lit street. In 2017 investigators released additional details, including a report of a silver or gray 2007–2009 Saturn XR seen leaving the area, and said the shooting was not a robbery. No arrests have been announced and the case remains unsolved.

Did anyone in Brighton Heights in August 2015 see that Saturn or recognize the name Richard in connection with Deona?