In the early morning hours of January 10, 2016, a dispute inside a home on Forest Avenue in Bellevue, a borough bordering Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ended in the shooting death of 39-year-old Damion Graham. A Black male from Pittsburgh's North Side, Graham was inside the residence when an argument broke out, leading to the fatal gunfire at approximately 3:30 a.m.
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office identified Graham as the victim of the altercation.
His death was recorded as the first homicide of the year in Allegheny County outside of the city of Pittsburgh. Initial reports in the days following the shooting indicated that no arrests had been made and no charges had been filed in connection with the incident.
Information regarding any subsequent arrests, the identification of a suspect or suspects, or the ultimate resolution of the investigation into Damion Graham's death is not available in the public online sources. The case at the time remained under investigation by Allegheny County Police, who had not released further details about the circumstances surrounding the argument or what led to the deadly shooting.
