Darren Smith, 34, was shot and killed in Pittsburgh on August 11, 2013. He was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds along Sylvania Avenue in the Beltzhoover neighborhood after police received a noon call; medical personnel arrived but Smith succumbed at the scene.

His homicide was one of many in Allegheny County that year, when 91 homicides were reported countywide, 65 of the victims were Black and 56 were Black men. The case is described as remaining under investigation and is cited as part of a broader pattern of gun violence affecting neighborhoods like Beltzhoover, where homicides have contributed to community instability and trauma.

Anyone with information that could help investigators is asked to come forward.