Raghib Dolphin was 24 and from Pittsburgh when he was shot and killed outside Zangaro’s Bar on Brighton Road in Brighton Heights in the early morning hours of Sunday, February 26, 2017. Family recalled him as a church choir singer known as Cuddie to relatives and someone who would have helped anyone. He had been out with friends celebrating a new job he was due to start the next day; witnesses said he and two others had been denied reentry to the bar because it was after last call.

Witnesses reported hearing as many as eight gunshots while Raghib spoke with someone he knew. He was struck several times, was driven to a hospital by friends, and was pronounced dead. Shortly before 2 a.m., he called his mother, Cynthia Simpson, and told her he loved her. In the months after the killing the family held vigils and the community pressed the bar owner to add security. By May 2017 no arrests had been made and the case remained unsolved; Crime Stoppers is offering up to a $1,000 reward for information that leads to a conviction.

If anyone knew Raghib, was at Zangaro’s that night, or has information about the shooting, please contact the City of Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Homicide Squad at 412-323-7161 or Crime Stoppers at 412-255-8477.