A grim discovery was made in Shaler, Pennsylvania, on December 26, 2024, when a woman walking in woods off the 200 block of Hahn Road found the body of Andre Wallace, a 45-year-old Black man from Millvale. He was dressed in multiple layers and wearing a mask. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office determined the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head, and investigators treated the death as a homicide.

Prosecutors say the events began late on Christmas Day in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. Wallace and another man drove to the 2400 block of Chauncey Drive to buy crack cocaine, where they met a man identified as Eugene Jones. After Wallace gave Jones money for drugs and the vehicle began to pull away, Jones reportedly commented on the amount he had received and a single gunshot was heard. Wallace was struck in the head; the driver, who was not involved in the shooting, first drove to his home in Castle Shannon and then drove to Shaler, leaving Wallace’s body in the woods along Hahn Road.

If anyone knew Wallace’s movements on December 25 or has information about the shooting, please come forward.