On the night of Monday, December 21, 2015, a forced entry into a first-floor Bloomfield apartment on South Mathilda Street ended with three people dead, including 25-year-old Kadeem Williams. Williams, a Homestead resident, reportedly forced his way in through a window around midnight. A gunfight broke out inside between Williams and tenant Meiko Devaughn.

Williams was shot and managed to flee the apartment but collapsed and died behind the building from a chest wound. Also killed in the exchange were 20-year-old Akeilah Solomon and 16-year-old Jaimill Kenney, who had been visiting. Investigators concluded Devaughn fired the shots that killed all three, but the Allegheny County District Attorney’s office ruled he acted in self-defense under the state’s castle doctrine and did not charge him with homicide.

The investigation did lead to other charges against Devaughn: he was accused of illegal firearm possession because of a juvenile record that barred gun ownership, the weapon used was reported stolen, and officers recovered a large quantity of marijuana and about $14,000 in cash. Did anyone in Bloomfield or Homestead see activity around South Mathilda Street that night or know these victims’ comings and goings?