Seventeen-year-old Andrew Lavaughn Smith was shot and killed on the evening of Sunday, July 30, 2023. Just after 9 p.m., a ShotSpotter alert reported four rounds along Brownsville Road near the border of Pittsburgh’s Knoxville neighborhood and Mount Oliver. First responders found Andrew near a Sunoco gas station with gunshot wounds to his head and neck. He was taken to UPMC Mercy Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Born February 12, 2006, to Amy Lynn Smith and Jeremiah Glanton Sr., Andrew had just completed a fast-track diploma program in June 2023 and was the oldest of several siblings. The Pittsburgh Police Violent Crime Unit is investigating; no arrests or suspect information had been announced in the immediate aftermath.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about activity on Brownsville Road that night, contact the Violent Crime Unit.