Fifteen-year-old Leroy Powell of Duquesne, Pennsylvania, was ambushed and shot to death on August 6, 2014, in the 1000 block of Crawford Avenue. He was a ninth-grade student at West Mifflin Area High School, active in the Duquesne Dukes Youth Football League, involved with the Duquesne Boys and Girls Club, and enjoyed art.

Powell had testified as a key witness in the shooting of his friend DaRae Delgado, which killed her unborn child. Detectives believe Powell was targeted because he identified 15-year-old Eric Taylor as the shooter in that case. Taylor was later arrested and charged with homicide of an unborn child, attempted homicide, aggravated assault, and recklessly endangering another person; no other suspects in Powell’s murder have been identified and the investigation remains open.

Powell’s parents, Charles Y. and Vickie Jo Neal Powell, his siblings and extended family continue to mourn. Does anyone in Duquesne have information about who else may have been involved or about the events on Crawford Avenue that day?