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Desmond William Lane, 26, was fatally shot in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania on the evening of June 22, 2024. Police were called to the 430 block of Ross Avenue at about 7:50 p.m. and found Lane on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds to the back of his head, arms, legs, and torso; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators recovered seven spent bullet casings and witnesses reported a silver BMW leaving the area shortly after the shooting. Security camera footage from a nearby car wash shows the BMW pull up and two individuals, including Lane, approach the vehicle. A man wearing glasses exits the back seat and speaks with them; later the footage shows Lane carrying a large white bag, getting into the car, and a man with glasses positioning himself behind him. The video captures a struggle, a gun held to Lane’s side as he is pulled from the vehicle, and Lane being shot multiple times, with signs that someone inside the BMW also fired.

Who in Wilkinsburg that evening might have seen the BMW or the people in that footage?