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Jawan Tasker, 28, was shot and killed on October 26, 2015, in Pittsburgh’s Uptown neighborhood. Tasker, who used a wheelchair, was found on the sidewalk near his wheelchair along Fifth Avenue shortly before midnight and was pronounced dead at the scene after police responded to reports of gunfire.

Witnesses saw someone running from the area on foot, and investigators reviewed security camera footage in an effort to identify a suspect, but no arrests had been announced. Tasker was well known in Uptown and remembered by friends and neighbors as a pleasant man often called Sunshine; the community expressed shock at the killing. Authorities asked anyone with information to come forward to assist the investigation.

Does anyone who lived or worked in Uptown that night remember seeing activity on Fifth Avenue near midnight or anything that might help identify the person who fled the scene?