Eric Young was 17 when he was shot and killed on the morning of October 8, 2014, in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. The shooting happened at about 7 a.m. as he left his home on Morgan Street to go to school; his mother, waiting to give him a ride, witnessed the attack and tried to revive him at the scene. Young was a senior at Pittsburgh Milliones 6-12, also known as University Prep, and staff described him as a popular student who had recently started a job at a local supermarket.

Investigators concluded the shooting was not random and that Young was the intended target, noting he had been shot at in the same location a few weeks earlier when witnesses saw two males in dark hooded shirts firing at another male. Several people were questioned after the killing and an 18-year-old friend was arrested that evening following a police chase; authorities said he had been in the neighborhood seeking revenge. No arrests or charges in the murder have been publicly announced and the case is believed to have gone cold.

If anyone knew Eric, was in the Hill District that morning, or has information about the earlier shooting at Morgan Street, please come forward.