Ronnell Smith, 25, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of October 24, 2014, while sitting in the driver’s seat of his SUV in a parking lot near the Lee Tuck Lounge on Steuben Street in Pittsburgh’s West End. Investigators say he was shot multiple times through the driver’s side window. Two men were seen running from the scene; one was described as a tall, slender African-American man with short hair, the other as stockier with long dreadlocks.

Several bullet casings of different calibers were found around the vehicle, and a firearm recovered in a nearby creek was matched ballistically to bullets in Smith’s body. Surveillance footage captured two individuals fleeing, but poor image quality has prevented identification. Charges against a potential suspect were dropped at a 2017 preliminary hearing due to insufficient evidence and a lack of witness testimony, and no arrests have been made.

The killing came during a year of increased violence in Pittsburgh, with the West End noted for similar unresolved crimes. If anyone saw activity near Steuben Street that morning or has information about the two men seen fleeing, please share what is known with investigators.