On Sunday, October 22, 2023, 29-year-old Joseph Anthony Sees was found inside a vehicle at the intersection of Stedman and Fontella Streets in Pittsburgh’s Manchester neighborhood after being shot in the head and left shoulder. Emergency responders arrived just before 4:30 p.m.; Sees was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition and died shortly after arrival.

Pittsburgh police identified a suspect and announced an arrest on October 25, 2023. Twenty-one-year-old Joshua Short was taken to the Allegheny County Jail and charged with criminal homicide, burglary, aggravated assault, a firearm violation, and theft by unlawful taking connected to a vehicle reported stolen the same day.

Specific details about what led to the shooting were not released at the time of the arrest. If anyone witnessed the shooting, saw suspicious activity near Stedman and Fontella Streets that afternoon, or has information about the stolen vehicle, please share what is known with investigators.