On March 16, 2024, at about 4:21 p.m., 70-year-old Raymond Sims was found in the driver’s seat of his vehicle at Penn Avenue and North Highland Avenue in East Liberty with multiple gunshot wounds to the head and neck. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office pronounced Sims dead at the scene. Witnesses described a male suspect dressed all in black who approached from the passenger side, fired several shots into the car, then fled on foot.

Sims was working as a jitney driver at the time and had a passenger beside him who escaped without injury; that passenger has not yet come forward. Family members, including his son Raymond Freeman of Chicago, described Sims as kind-hearted and dedicated to his work and have urged anyone with information to help. Pittsburgh police are reviewing nearby surveillance footage and have made no arrests; the investigation remains active.

If anyone saw the shooting, the suspect fleeing, or has footage from the East Liberty area that could help, please share it with investigators.