Robert Edward Harper Jr

In the early hours of a Sunday morning in Pittsburgh's Fineview neighborhood, the life of Robert Edward Jr. Harper, a 28-year-old Black man, was tragically cut short. On July 16, 2017, at approximately 1:38 a.m., multiple gunshots echoed through an apartment building on Belleau Drive, prompting calls to the police.

When officers arrived at the scene, they discovered Harper on the first floor of the building, lying in a hallway. He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds. Paramedics were una ...

Robert Edward Harper Jr., age 28 - National Gun Violence Memorial

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