On a cold December evening in 2014, the life of 32-year-old Charles Coleman was tragically cut short in a brazen act of violence inside a Pittsburgh bar. The male victim, who was Black, was inside the New Jug bar in the Lincoln-Lemington neighborhood on the night of December 16 when a gunman entered and opened fire. The chaotic scene left another man, aged 60, wounded with a gunshot to his leg.
The sudden eruption of gunfire shattered the ordinary Tuesday night at the establishment
located in the 1500 block of Lincoln Avenue. When the shots ceased, Charles Coleman lay dead at the scene. The second victim was transported to a local hospital and was reported to be in stable condition. In the immediate aftermath, police had little to go on. No description of the shooter was made available to the public, and authorities appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
As days turned into a year, the investigation into Charles Coleman's murder remained without a resolution. His mother, Monica Beeman, was left to grapple with the immense grief of losing a son, a pain tragically familiar to her as she had lost another son years prior. Despite the passage of time, no arrests have been publicly announced, and no suspects have been officially named in connection with the shooting. The case, like a haunting echo of that violent night, remains unsolved, leaving a family without answers and a community with the memory of a life taken too soon.
