Shortly after 3 a.m. on October 4, 2023, a 16-round ShotSpotter alert brought Pittsburgh police to the 2300 block of Webster Avenue in the Hill District. Officers found 33-year-old Robert Lee Freeman Jr. lying in the street at the intersection of Somers Street and Webster Avenue with a gunshot wound to the head; he was pronounced dead at the scene. A second victim, 16-year-old Cameron Blue-Gray, was nearby with a gunshot wound to the chest and was taken to a hospital, where he died shortly after arrival.

Police opened a preliminary investigation into the double homicide but did not immediately release a motive or identify any suspects. As of late 2023 no arrests had been announced. If anyone has information about what happened that morning on Webster Avenue, please contact investigators.