A summer picnic in Clairton, Pennsylvania, ended in tragedy on Sunday, May 25, 2025, when 23-year-old Brendan Michael Parsons was shot and killed after an argument at a gathering on the 300 block of Division Street. Parsons, a White man from McKeesport and formerly of Clairton, was a 2020 graduate of Clairton High School and had been the quarterback on the WPIAL Championship team; he later worked for a paving company and was remembered locally as a standout athlete.

First responders arrived after a shooting at about 9:32 p.m. and found Parsons with multiple gunshot wounds to his neck and trunk; he was pronounced dead at the scene and the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death a homicide. Police detained another man at the scene but later released him; no suspects had been publicly named and no charges announced as of the initial reports. Authorities say there is no ongoing threat.

Anyone who was at the picnic or who has information about the shooting is asked to contact the Allegheny County police tip line.