On December 12, 2023, at about 10:30 p.m., 37-year-old Jacob Morroni was found unconscious and not breathing in the rear of a house near the 700 block of Lorenz Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Elliott neighborhood. He had multiple gunshot wounds to his back and extremities and was taken to Allegheny General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly thereafter.

Witnesses said an altercation occurred between Morroni and another man before the shooting, and the suspect ran from the scene on foot. The Pittsburgh Police Mobile Crime Unit processed evidence and the Violent Crime Unit opened an investigation. As of December 24, 2024, no arrest has been made and the suspect’s identity remains unknown.

Anyone who was in the Elliott neighborhood near Lorenz Avenue or Wilna Way the night of December 12, 2023, or who has information about the altercation, is asked to contact investigators.