Floyd Buddy E. Wilson, 51, was shot and killed on the evening of December 6, 2024, while sitting in his wheelchair near a market in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. Wilson was struck multiple times in the legs and back, taken to a nearby hospital, and died about an hour later.

Allegheny County investigators reviewed surveillance footage and license-plate reader data and identified a black SUV tied to 44-year-old Thomas Laron Smith of Stowe. A search warrant on the vehicle reportedly turned up a stolen 9mm pistol in the glove box; forensic testing later matched that gun to the shooting and gunshot residue was found inside the SUV. Smith admitted to driving the SUV and to firing at Wilson, saying his passenger had been arguing with the victim and that he did not believe Wilson was armed.

Smith was arrested and charged with criminal homicide, receiving stolen property, and two firearms counts; he was held in the Allegheny County Jail without bail and a preliminary hearing was scheduled for April. Does anyone in the McKees Rocks area have information about what happened that night or about the black SUV and its passenger?