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On a summer evening in Pittsburgh's Brighton Heights neighborhood, 27-year-old Deona Barnett, a mother of five who was six weeks pregnant, was walking home alone. It was just after 9 p.m. on August 4, 2015, when a shadowy figure emerged from the darkness and opened fire, striking her multiple times before fleeing the scene. Neighbors heard the gunshots and Deona's screams and rushed to her side, finding her on the sidewalk with her belongings scattered around her. One neighbor knelt by her, hold ...Read More

Victim Details

Deona Barnett

Female

Black / African American

Pittsburgh

PA

2015-08-04

27

Deona

Barnett

05/07/2026