Family and friends gathered for a candlelight vigil to remember Adam Carter, whose father says he died three days after being shot in Murrysville.
Murrysville police said officers found a man with a gunshot wound inside a vehicle on Sardis Road near Hunter Road just before midnight Oct. 25.
Mark Carter told Channel 11 his son died at the hospital Wednesday.
“I’m just sad, I’m hurt,” Mark Carter said. “You’re hurt, you’re angry. You just lost a big piece of you.”
Mark said his son took care of people and loved people.
Mark lives in Florida, but traveled back to Pittsburgh to seek more answers from police about what happened.
“Only thing I know is four people in the car, and they were tussling over the gun, and Adam was in the front seat, and there was a driver and somebody in the back seat,” Carter said. “Two guys in the backseat and the guys started tussling over the gun, and Adam got shot in the head.”
Murrysville Police said Nelson Hill, of Wilmerding, was found minutes after the shooting when a resident reported someone had knocked on their door asking about an Uber ride.
Officers said Hill appeared intoxicated and disoriented and told them he was waiting for a ride.
According to police, Hill dropped a baggie containing a white powder as officers asked for identification, then tried to run.
Police said a search after his arrest turned up three bundles of suspected heroin and a bag of suspected crack cocaine.
Investigators said Hill allegedly admitted he was connected to the shooting.
It is unclear how Hill is connected.
He is facing charges of drug possession, resisting arrest and evading arrest.
Police said he was denied bail and taken to the Westmoreland County jail and additional criminal charges are pending.
Police said they believe the shooting was an isolated incident.
The investigation remains active.
At the vigil, friends and family shared memories of Carter and lit candles arranged to spell his nickname, “Baby.”
“He became like a son, and then a nephew and then he became family,” Braddock Mayor Delia Lennon-Winstead said. “Come past the house, eat, hang out.”
Lennon-Winstead said her last memory of Carter was seeing him at church the Sunday of the shooting, where he talked about opening a business.
Lee Davis, a close friend and long-time gun violence prevention advocate in Braddock, said Carter was part of his family.
“He was like not just a cousin or a brother,” Davis said. “I mean, he was like one of our favorite sons.”
Mark Carter said he hopes everyone involved is held accountable.
“It’s just a tragedy because, you know, my son, that I know, he wasn’t hurting nobody.”
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