On the evening of Thursday, December 18, 2025, violence erupted in the Carrick neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, claiming the life of Quaziah Jones, a 23-year-old African American male from McKeesport. Around 5:15 p.m., the tranquility of the 1200 block of Linnview Avenue was shattered when the city's ShotSpotter technology detected a barrage of twelve gunshots.
Pittsburgh police officers from Zone 3 quickly responded to the alert, descending upon the residential street where they discovered a chaotic scene.
Upon arrival, first responders found Jones and another individual, 27-year-old Damien Powell, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Despite the immediate efforts of emergency medical personnel and a swift transport to a local hospital, both men succumbed to their injuries and were pronounced dead shortly after arrival. Investigators working the scene recovered two firearms near the victims, though the specific circumstances leading up to the exchange of gunfire remained under intense scrutiny by the Violent Crime Unit.
As detectives canvassed the area for witnesses and surveillance footage, preliminary reports indicated that a suspect fled the scene on foot, running down Nobles Lane to escape the immediate vicinity. As of late December 2025, no arrests had been made in connection with the double homicide, and law enforcement officials continued their search for the shooter. The investigation remained active and ongoing, with police urging anyone with information about the incident or the fleeing suspect to come forward to assist in solving the case.
