Brandon D. Smith, 45, a Black man from the Farrell–West Middlesex area, was shot just after 1 a.m. on September 21, 2025, outside Yank's Place on the 700 block of Idaho Street in Farrell. He was rushed to UPMC Horizon–Shenango Valley and pronounced dead a short time later; the Mercer County coroner determined he died from a gunshot wound to the chest and ruled the death a homicide. He was widely known in the community as “Coach Brandon,” a youth football coach whose death quickly sent ri
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