On the evening of July 12, 2023, a dispute that began among children at the Jack Stack Pool in Pittsburgh’s Brighton Heights neighborhood escalated into deadly violence on nearby Brighton Woods Road. Ten rounds were fired during the confrontation; Darkale LaShay Bonner, 35, was struck in the head and later died at a local hospital. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled her death a homicide. Her sister was also critically injured in the shooting and later pursued a civil lawsuit alleging reckless and negligent conduct by a lifeguard involved in the incident.

A 26-year-old man who worked as a lifeguard at the pool turned himself in at the scene and was detained as a person of interest; police initially said he was the only person who fired a weapon. By July 14, 2023, no criminal charges had been filed and the Allegheny County District Attorney’s office later declined to bring charges, describing the shooting as self-defense. Bonner was a devoted mother of four, an Oliver High School graduate who worked as a Home Health Aide at Allegheny General Hospital and did clerical work for the U.S. Post Office.

If anyone witnessed the July 12, 2023 events at Jack Stack Pool or on Brighton Woods Road, did you see how the altercation moved from the pool to the street or who was present when shots were fired?