Donald Royster, 23, was found dead on November 23, 2008, outside an apartment complex on Bedford Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. Emergency responders pronounced him dead after he was discovered having been shot multiple times. Accounts indicate he may have been inside the building earlier that morning and was attacked as he exited, but specifics about the sequence remain unclear.

No arrests have been announced and the Pittsburgh police list the case as an active investigation. Little public information has emerged about suspects or motive, and the case remains among the unsolved homicides affecting Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. Royster’s death is described as part of a pattern of gun violence in the Hill District neighborhood.

If anyone knew Donald Royster or saw anything near the Bedford Avenue apartments on November 23, 2008, please share what might help investigators.