On a Sunday night in November 2012, 31-year-old Raynna Church, a new mother from Penn Hills, was shot and killed while sitting in a car in Pittsburgh's Homewood neighborhood. The shooting occurred at approximately 11 p.m. on Monticello Street, where police believe a robbery may have been the motive for the deadly assault.
Two vehicles were stopped on the street when at least one individual began firing into them. The car Raynna Church was in crashed in the 7100 block of Monticello Street. Two other individuals were also wounded in the incident. The driver of the other vehicle, which crashed in the 7300 block of Monticello, was shot in the leg and was reported to be in stable condition. A 34-year-old man who was in the same car as Church was found on the street outside the vehicle in critical condition.
Neighbors in the area described Church as a quiet and friendly woman, and expressed their sorrow, particularly because she had recently given birth to a baby. The investigation into the triple shooting was initiated immediately, with police seeking information from the public. However, in the immediate aftermath of the incident, no arrests were made, and no suspects were publicly identified. Online sources and news reports in the years following the shooting do not contain information about any arrests or the identification of any suspects in the death of Raynna Church, and her case is considered unsolved.
