Laron Harrison, 38, was fatally shot inside a residence on the 100 block of Hazlett Street in Pittsburgh’s Northview Heights shortly before 1 a.m. on Saturday, May 31, 2025. Police responding to a four-round ShotSpotter alert found Harrison with multiple gunshot wounds to his back; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators say surveillance footage and license plate readers linked 41-year-old Cory Lavelle Carter of Bedford Dwellings to the area that night. Video reportedly showed a man identified as Carter parking a Volkswagen Jetta nearby, briefly entering the Hazlett Street apartment at about the time of the ShotSpotter alert, then running away with a female companion. A witness inside the home told investigators a person in a black hoodie carrying a pistol appeared at a partially open front door and began shooting while Harrison was speaking with an unknown female.

Carter was arrested and charged with criminal homicide. He told police he had been in the area that night and was wearing a black hoodie but denied involvement, while acknowledging he knew Harrison and that Harrison had problems with him. Carter’s vehicle had been seen near a separate shots-fired incident involving Harrison days earlier; Harrison was out on bail for firearms-related violations and other charges from that prior event.

Did anyone in Northview Heights see the Volkswagen Jetta or the events on Hazlett Street that night?