Sherwood Blackwell, a 36-year-old Black man who lived in Pittsburgh’s Spring Hill neighborhood, was shot and killed in the late hours of a Sunday in May 2009. While driving on Rhine Street his SUV was struck by a bullet to the head; the vehicle then lost control and crashed into a dumpster. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Pittsburgh police opened an investigation immediately but the initial probe did not produce arrests. Reports months after the killing stated no one had been charged, and the case remained unsolved. Blackwell had a lengthy criminal record and is remembered in online memorials where family and friends shared grief and memories.

Does anyone who lived in Spring Hill at the time have information about that night or the vehicle involved?