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On the evening of August 15, 2015, a game of dice among a group of men outside a home in the 400 block of West Prospect Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Fairywood neighborhood ended in gunfire. Kason Barnes, a 19-year-old African-American man from Chartiers City, was struck in the head and shoulder and was pronounced dead at the scene. Three other men — a 22-year-old from Fairywood shot in the hand, a 20-year-old from the Hill District wounded in the legs and side, and a 20-year-old from Sheraden shot in the leg — were taken to local hospitals and listed in stable condition.

Neighbors said the block had been peaceful for a long time but had recently seen an uptick in violence, and friends and family held a memorial for Barnes. Homicide detectives opened an investigation and appealed for public assistance, but no arrests have been announced and the case remains unsolved.

If anyone has information about the shooting on West Prospect Avenue on August 15, 2015, please share what is known.