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'Uncleared' homicides in Pittsburgh for 2001

Tuesday, May 29, 2001

So far this year, 26 homicides have occurred in Pittsburgh. City police have made arrests or obtained warrants for suspects in 17 cases, which police call a 65 percent "clearance rate." Following are the nine cases in which no suspects have been charged.

JAN. 5 -- NORTH SIDE

Jarreau Lane, 23: Lane was shot as he walked on the North Side. Police believe he was killed in retaliation for the Jan. 2 shooting of Edward Howard. Howard survived.

FEB. 12 -- SOUTH SIDE

Jamie Daniels, 21: Daniels was struck at least twice by gunfire as he drove across the Smithfield Street Bridge. The car was registered to his passenger, Michael Eugene Cheatom, 21, who ran for help.

FEB. 16 -- WESTWOOD

Anthony Wilkinson, 42: Wilkinson, a native of Charleston, S.C., had been staying at a home on Kearns Avenue. A man arrived at the house, fought with Wilkinson, shot him once and fled.

FEB. 22 -- HOMEWOOD

John Carter, 22: Carter died of gunshot wounds to the head and upper body. His body was found behind a building on Fleury Way.

MARCH 28 -- DOWNTOWN

David Nied, 27: Nied and a friend were beaten by four men in the 500 block of Liberty Avenue outside the Kaos after-hours club. Nied died.

APRIL 3 -- HOMEWOOD

Darrell Brown, 50: Brown bled to death after a bullet penetrated both legs. Residents of the 500 block of Multi Way found him about 10 p.m.

APRIL 12 -- HOMEWOOD

Edward G. Hood, 24: Hood was shot in the head as he sat on the back porch of his sister's home on Hamilton Avenue.

APRIL 29 -- HOMEWOOD

Raquel Tilisha Carter, 16: The teen disappeared April 28. Her body was found the next day at the end of Banfield Street. She had been stabbed.

MAY 5 -- BELTZHOOVER

Darnell A. Harris, 22: Harris was found shot in the neck in an alley at 8:20 a.m. at Bolivar Way and Chalfont Street.



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