On the afternoon of March 13, 2023, Richard Ricky William Derkach, 34, was shot near the intersection of Banksville Road and Crane Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Banksville neighborhood and later died of a gunshot wound to the chest at a local hospital. A city-operated surveillance camera captured the encounter: a silver pickup driven by 23-year-old Connor Cusick Makstutis was stopped at the intersection when Derkach pulled over in a dark-colored minivan, exited, approached the pickup’s driver side, then recoiled and stumbled back clutching his chest after being shot.

Makstutis did not flee; he drove to Pittsburgh police headquarters and surrendered. Police recovered a firearm from his truck, and he held a valid concealed carry permit. He was arrested and charged with criminal homicide and held in the Allegheny County Jail without bail. In court the defense presented a claim of self-defense, saying Derkach had been harassing and threatening Makstutis and his family; the prosecution noted the video showed Derkach was unarmed. The jury ultimately acquitted Makstutis.

Did anyone in Banksville know either man or see the events that afternoon?