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James Lane-Sims was 20 when he was shot while sitting in his car at the intersection of Versailles Avenue and Pirl Street in Mckeesport, Pennsylvania, on the evening of July 6, 2012. He was taken to UPMC Presbyterian in Oakland and died there on July 11, 2012 after five days in hospital.

A 2010 graduate of Mckeesport Area High School, James worked as a cook at a local Taco Bell and was saving to study auto mechanics. Family members describe him as hardworking, ambitious, and fond of installing stereo equipment in cars; his mother, Wanda Sims, has repeatedly said he was not involved in drug or gang activity.

No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced, and the family reports the investigation has grown cold. Did anyone in Mckeesport see or hear anything near Versailles Avenue and Pirl Street that night, or have information that could help bring justice for James?