Richard West-Gray, 26, was fatally shot in the early morning hours of June 3, 2016, while riding in a sedan on Route 65 near the McKees Rocks Bridge. The shooting, just before 5 a.m., also killed 24-year-old Carlton Watson Jr. Responding officers found both men with gunshot wounds; paramedics performed CPR but both were pronounced dead at the scene.

Known to family and friends as Shooter Rich, West-Gray was from Pittsburgh’s Hill District, employed at Target, engaged to be married, and a father pursuing a rap career as he tried to move away from a difficult past. Pittsburgh Police launched a homicide investigation, closing part of the highway to process the scene, but investigators later reported a lack of witnesses and actionable leads.

In October 2016 the mothers of West-Gray and Watson made a public plea for information, calling it a moral obligation to come forward. No arrests or public identifications of suspects have been made, and the case remains unsolved. Is there anyone who knew either man or saw activity near Route 65 that morning who can help?