Seventeen-year-old Rashee Coleman was killed by a single gunshot to the back of the head on a Saturday evening in April 2011 after returning home to Pittsburgh for the Easter holiday. He had been dropped off at a barbershop earlier that day and was visiting people in the Hill District neighborhood; at some point he left on his own and was later found fatally wounded near a wooded area around Ledlie Street and Memory Lane.

Police reported no identified motive and made no arrests initially. His mother, Shawntika Rice, said she did not understand why anyone would take her only child’s life and mentioned possible reasons such as a dispute over money or something stolen, but investigators had not confirmed a motive. By late 2012 the homicide remained an active investigation with leads from his mother yielding dead ends.

If anyone knew Rashee, saw him in the Hill District that April evening, or has information about who was in the Ledlie Street and Memory Lane area, please come forward.