PITTSBURGH \u2014 Fifteen-year-old Dayvon Vickers was shot in the head as he waited to cross the street on his minibike in Homewood back in March 2022. <\/p>\n
PREVIOUS COVERAGE >>> Residents mourn 15-year-old killed in Wednesday shooting in Homewood<\/a><\/p>\n His murder was caught on city surveillance cameras, where you can see someone firing three shots. <\/p>\n Pittsburgh police say the man who pulled the trigger is Shaun Scott, who, so far, has sat in silence during his trial. <\/p>\n According to prosecutors, shortly after the shooting, officers recognized and identified Scott from surveillance video inside a nearby convenience store. <\/p>\n Even though officers apparently knew who the shooter was, Scott wasn\u2019t taken into custody until several months later, when they were investigating the murder of Maleek Thomas. <\/p>\n PREVIOUS COVERAGE >>> Suspect in recent murder charged, arrested for separate homicide of 15-year-old boy in Homewood<\/a><\/p>\n Thomas was killed just after he graduated high school when he heard someone throwing rocks at a window and told them to stop. <\/p>\n PREVIOUS COVERAGE >>> Loved ones remember 18-year-old killed in Pittsburgh\u2019s Hill District<\/a><\/p>\n That person, according to investigators, was Shaun Scott. Police say he shot and killed Thomas, months after he was allegedly identified as a homicide suspect in Vickers\u2019 case. <\/p>\n Scott\u2019s defense attorney told the jury this was not a complete investigation, and his client\u2019s identification is unreliable. <\/p>\n Download the FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n Follow Channel 11 News on Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a>. | Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n \u00a92025 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n