Terrell Da’Chaon Blanks, 27, was shot dead on a Clairton sidewalk on the evening of July 12, 2024. Known as Bixie to friends and family, Blanks lived in Homestead, graduated from Steel Valley High School, and worked as a skilled laborer. Emergency crews found him on the 900 block of Madison Avenue at about 10:12 p.m.; he had multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. A companion suffered shrapnel injuries.

Motion-activated Ring camera footage recorded an assailant approaching Blanks from behind, saying Peek-a-Boo followed by a profanity, then firing four shots, one striking Blanks in the head. Allegheny County detectives used witness interviews and nearby surveillance to identify two suspects. On July 25, 2024, authorities arrested 27-year-old Thomas Walker V of North Braddock and 25-year-old Ciera Clifton of McKeesport. Walker was charged with criminal homicide, possession of a prohibited firearm, criminal conspiracy, and recklessly endangering another person; Clifton was charged with criminal conspiracy. Both were held in the Allegheny County Jail awaiting preliminary hearings.

Anyone with information about Terrell’s final hours or the shooting is asked to come forward.