An argument that began inside NM Mart on Noble Street in Swissvale escalated into fatal gunfire in the early hours of May 26, 2023. Jamie J. Moe Jones, 31, had been at a bar with three relatives before they walked to the mini-mart, where they encountered a man later identified as Bryan Perkins-Jiles. A cousin’s request for Perkins-Jiles to buy a Red Bull preceded the confrontation.

The group moved outside the store and an argument broke out just before 2:30 a.m.; shots were fired. Two victims were taken to the hospital by medics, a third by private vehicle. Jones was transported to UPMC Mercy in critical condition and died there just before 7 p.m. that evening. Perkins-Jiles was also shot, apparently by return fire, and drove himself to the hospital; homicide detectives later charged him with homicide plus counts of criminal attempt homicide, aggravated assault, and firearms violations.

What details about the moments before the shooting might help explain how the encounter turned deadly, and can anyone who was near NM Mart that night provide information?