Chad Runyan, 32, was fatally shot in Sharon, Pennsylvania, in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 23, 2023. Officers were dispatched to the 400 block of Baldwin Avenue around 1:45 a.m. after reports of shots fired. Runyan was found with multiple gunshot wounds, given emergency aid on scene, and transported to Sharon Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 2:36 a.m. The Mercer County Coroner identified him as Chad Alan Runyan, Sr., of Transfer, Pennsylvania, and ruled the death a homicide.

The Sharon Police Department, with assistance from the Mercer County District Attorney’s Office, the Mercer County Coroner’s Office, and the Sharon Fire Department, opened a homicide investigation. Authorities said the probe was active and that they had a few potential suspects in mind, but no arrests had been announced in initial reports. Runyan was remembered as a father and an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing.

If anyone has information about the shooting on Baldwin Avenue that morning, please come forward to Sharon police.