On a Sunday night in November 2012, 31-year-old Raynna Church, a new mother from Penn Hills, was shot and killed while sitting in a car in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood. The shooting happened at about 11 p.m. on Monticello Street, where police said a robbery may have been the motive. Two vehicles were stopped on the street when at least one person began firing into them. The car Church was in crashed in the 7100 block of Monticello Street; a 34-year-old man who had been in her car was found on the street in critical condition. The driver of the other vehicle, which crashed in the 7300 block of Monticello, was shot in the leg and reported in stable condition.

Neighbors described Church as quiet and friendly and expressed sorrow because she had recently given birth. Police opened an investigation and asked the public for information; no arrests or suspects were publicly identified in the immediate aftermath, and the case is considered unsolved. If anyone knew Raynna, saw vehicles or activity on Monticello Street that night, or has information about the shooting, please come forward.