Justin Ballard, a 26-year-old White / Caucasian male from McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, was killed on Saturday, April 25, 2015, after a late-morning shooting in Third Street Park. Reports placed the shooting near Progress and Amelia streets, with the call coming in around 11:30 a.m. Ballard was struck in the back, and what began as a public shooting in a neighborhood park quickly became a homicide investigation when he died several hours later at Allegheny General Hospital.
In the days after the shooting, authorities identified Ballard as a McKees Rocks resident and the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed his death. His obituary identified him as Justin Randolph Ballard, also listed as Steedley, and described him as a father, son, brother, grandson, uncle, and nephew, giving a glimpse of the family left behind after the violence at the park.
The case moved forward in late July 2015, when Allegheny County homicide detectives arrested Allen Mosley, a teenager from McKees Rocks, in connection with Ballard’s death. TribLIVE reported that Mosley was accused of shooting and killing Ballard during a drug deal, and he was charged with homicide and weapons violations. WPXI also reported that Mosley was charged as an adult in Ballard’s death, though the available reports differed on whether Mosley was 16 or 17 at the time.
After his arrest, Mosley was held without bail while awaiting a preliminary hearing in Pittsburgh Municipal Court. The available online reporting identified him as the suspect arrested in the case and described the alleged circumstances as a shooting tied to a drug deal in the same area where Ballard was wounded. No later online source located in the searched results provided a clear public record of a trial outcome, plea, conviction, acquittal, or sentencing connected to Ballard’s death.
