On the early morning of September 8, 2012, two men knocked on the door of Leroy Wofford’s home in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar neighborhood. The 59-year-old Black blues and jazz singer answered and at least one man brandished a gun. As he tried to shut the door, a bullet was fired through it, striking him in the shoulder and piercing his chest. Wofford called 911 and was taken to UPMC Presbyterian for surgery, but he died of his injuries on the afternoon of September 9, 2012.

Wofford was remembered by family and the city’s music community as a devoted entertainer who believed music could heal. He told police there had been two Black men at his door, but investigators were unable to complete a follow-up interview before his condition deteriorated. The case produced no suspects, no known motive, and no arrests, and it went cold despite public appeals and a benefit concert to help the family with funeral expenses.

Does anyone in the Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar area remember seeing two men at Wofford’s home that morning or have any information that could help bring answers to his family?