The city of Mckeesport is a town which went from a Steel making boom in late 70's to bust by the 80's tens of thousands of steel making jobs lost which caused a mass exodus of people and where now up to 50% of the structures in the town are considered abandoned. and crime is rampant. But despite conditions there are business owners who still believed in Mckeesport trying to make it a better place and ultimately paid with their lives for it.
the first business owner to loose his life a small grocery store owner Aldo Scalfari an Immigrant from Italy kept his store open in the evening despite his family's pleas not to. He would be shot dead in his store late one night trying to help who he thought was a customer in January of 2010 a very grainy poor video camera caught some of the action of Mr. Scalfari being shot and killed and his killer is still unknown to this day.
http://www.post-gazette.com/local/east/2010/01/26/McKeesport-corner-store-owner-shot-and-killed/stories/201001260261
The second business owner Voltaire "Volt" Meade the owner of Meade Brothers Trucking who would help fix peoples vehicles give them jobs etc was killed when 2 unknown men came in and opened fire on June 23 2012.
the first business owner to loose his life a small grocery store owner Aldo Scalfari an Immigrant from Italy kept his store open in the evening despite his family's pleas not to. He would be shot dead in his store late one night trying to help who he thought was a customer in January of 2010 a very grainy poor video camera caught some of the action of Mr. Scalfari being shot and killed and his killer is still unknown to this day.
http://www.post-gazette.com/local/east/2010/01/26/McKeesport-corner-store-owner-shot-and-killed/stories/201001260261
The second business owner Voltaire "Volt" Meade the owner of Meade Brothers Trucking who would help fix peoples vehicles give them jobs etc was killed when 2 unknown men came in and opened fire on June 23 2012.
In both cases no leads as to who the perpetrators are and a community that will not cooperate despite how these 2 men helped to make their neighborhoods a better place.
crimes which will probably never be solved because people who where being helped could care less what happened. what a dam shame.
crimes which will probably never be solved because people who where being helped could care less what happened. what a dam shame.
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