Dennis Dooley, a 24-year-old resident of the Hill District in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was fatally shot on December 12, 2009. Emergency services responded after he was found shot, but efforts to save him were unsuccessful. His death was one of 87 homicides recorded in Pittsburgh that year, during a period that saw a marked rise in violence concentrated among young African American males.

The Hill District is noted in this account as a neighborhood struggling with elevated crime rates, and Dooley’s killing fits a broader pattern: from 2000 to 2012 more than 86% of Pittsburgh’s homicide victims were African American, most were male and under 30, and roughly 80% of homicides involved a firearm. No immediate suspects were identified in Dooley’s case, and investigators reported limited witnesses or actionable leads.

Does anyone from the Hill District or who knew Dennis have information that could help this unsolved case?