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Omar Omizz McCord

Case from Pittsburgh, PA dated Oct 24, 2022

Victim Details

Omar Omizz McCord Jr.

Male

Black / African American

Pittsburgh

PA

2022-10-24

18

Omar

Omizz McCord

06/30/2026

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In the late hours of an October night in Pittsburgh's Highland Park neighborhood, the sound of six to eight gunshots shattered the quiet, but when police responded to 911 calls, the darkness of an alleyway concealed a tragedy. It wasn't until the morning of October 25, 2022, that the body of 18-year-old Omar Omizz McCord Jr., a recent high school graduate from the nearby Garfield neighborhood, was discovered. He was found slumped over the wheel of his car in an alley near the intersection of Ion ...
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  • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Police investigating deaths of men found in Highland Park, Garfield as homicides
  • Omar Omizz McCord Jr., age 18 - National Gun Violence Memorial

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