Short timeline and key questions in the Braddock Hills parking-lot killing of 24-year-old William Coffey. According to reports, an argument that began inside a car between Coffey and his girlfriend escalated after the women left the vehicle and walked to J Cats Bar & Grill on Wilkins Avenue. Coffey and the suspected shooter, 23-year-old Abdullaah Bin Francken, later returned to the bar and the argument resumed in the parking lot; Coffey reportedly punched his girlfriend and tore her shirt, and she threw the car keys across the street. Shortly afterward multiple gunshots were fired.

Police arrived about 1:50 a.m. and found Coffey with multiple gunshot wounds to his head, neck, and torso; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators say witness interviews and surveillance footage identified Abdullaah Bin Francken as the suspected shooter, and that the two men knew each other from time in juvenile detention and later in state prison. Francken had been paroled seven months before the shooting and reportedly fled into nearby woods after the incident.

An arrest and homicide charge have been filed; the suspect is being held in Allegheny County Jail without bail and a preliminary hearing has been scheduled. If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew William, please come forward.