In the spring of 2007 a wave of retaliatory violence in Pittsburgh left two cousins dead. Twenty-seven-year-old Thomas Howard was fatally shot after answering a knock at the door of an apartment in the Hill District on April 27, 2007. He was taken to a local hospital and later died of his wounds.

Police tied Howard’s killing to the earlier downtown shooting of his cousin Jabreel Scott, which investigators concluded was motivated by revenge; Terrell Childs was later arrested, charged, and convicted in Scott’s death. Detectives said they believed Howard was specifically targeted and had some leads, but no suspect has ever been publicly identified or charged in Howard’s murder and the case is now cold.

Does anyone who lived in the Hill District in April 2007 or who knew Thomas or his family have information that could help bring clarity to this unsolved killing?