In the early hours of Wednesday, October 4, 2023, two people were killed in a shooting in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. Sixteen-year-old Cameron Blue-Gray was found with a gunshot wound to his chest near Webster Avenue and Somers Street and was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. Thirty-three-year-old Robert Lee Freeman Jr. was also found shot in the head and pronounced dead at the scene. A 16-round ShotSpotter alert brought police to the area at about 3 a.m. and prompted a large response.

Detectives from the Violent Crime Unit are leading the investigation. As of the initial reports, no arrests had been announced; investigators were considering whether a third person was involved and whether the two victims knew each other or shot one another. The Neighborhood Resilience Project sent a trauma response team door-to-door to offer support in the affected community.

If anyone in the Hill District heard or saw anything that night or knew Cameron Blue-Gray, please share information with the Violent Crime Unit.