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Melvin Montel Johnson, 20, was shot and killed during what police described as a home invasion-turned-deadly inside an apartment in the 1000 block of Chartiers Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Elliott neighborhood late on a Wednesday night in March 2010. Reportedly with his face covered, Johnson forced his way into the residence with another man, Tyree Davis, 25, of Fairywood, intending to rob the occupants. Both intruders were shot; Johnson died of a gunshot wound to the head at the scene, while Davis was struck in the head and torso and taken to UPMC Mercy Hospital in critical condition.

Residents fled after the shooting and investigators recovered several firearms from the apartment. No arrests had been announced. At the time of his death Johnson faced pending felony charges from 2009 including robbery, conspiracy, corruption of minors, possession with intent to deliver, and illegal possession of a firearm, and he had a prior guilty plea for criminal mischief and drunken driving.

Does anyone have information about the March 2010 shooting that could help investigators?