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Edward Deakings, 24, was fatally shot on April 19, 2014, in Pittsburgh’s Chartiers City neighborhood during a memorial at a park near Chartiers Elementary School. About 100 people had gathered for the memorial for a man killed the year before in Sheraden when an argument broke out and gunfire erupted. A second person was wounded, suffering a gunshot to the hand.

The shooter has not been identified. Chaos as people fled the scene interfered with the initial investigation. The sudden violence in an area described as usually safe left residents, including children, traumatized, and authorities said they would increase patrols after a recent spike in West End shootings.

If anyone attended that memorial or has information about the shooting, please share what you know with investigators.