A 20-year-old resident of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, lost her life in a shooting inside a McKees Rocks home on the evening of March 20, 2026. Police were called to the 20 block of Singer Avenue just after 8 p.m. following reports of gunfire. Inside, they found Mya Parker suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. Medics rushed her to a nearby hospital, but she died from her injuries not long after.
Although Mya was from Belle Vernon, a hamlet around thirty miles south of Pittsburgh, authorities are still trying to figure out why she was at McKees Rocks that night. Everyone involved in the shooting has been identified, according to the Allegheny County Police Department, and they are collaborating with the District Attorney’s Office to identify the proper charges. However, there haven’t been many public details. There is no reason, no information about suspects, and no justification for why a 20-year-old woman was shot at a Singer Avenue house.
For those who knew Mya, the news has been devastating. She was the kind of person who brought energy into every room. She loved skating, swimming, dancing, and making TikTok videos with her sisters. She was an active member of First Christian Church, where she sang in the choir and volunteered as an usher, giving her time to the faith community that had been part of her life for years.
She graduated from Belle Vernon Area High School in 2024, and school had been a place where she thrived. She loved school dances, cherished the chance to dress up for special events, with her senior prom standing out as one of her happiest memories. She was heavily involved in clubs and activities, but her passion was culinary arts. In 2023 and 2024, she earned silver and gold medals at the FCCLA Culinary competitions at Seven Springs, achievements that spoke to her talent and her dedication.
During high school, she worked part-time jobs at McDonald’s and Sheetz, learning the rhythms of the workforce, building the kind of discipline that would serve her well. After graduation, she was accepted into Job Corps and enrolled in the culinary program at the Community College of Allegheny County. She was excited about the future, eager to keep developing her skills, to build a life doing something she loved. Her family was proud of her, watching her take steps toward a career that suited her perfectly.
Now, that future is gone. A 20-year-old woman who was known for her cheerful spirit, her hard work, her dedication to the people and activities she loved, has been taken by violence inside a home in McKees Rocks. Her family is left to navigate a grief that makes no sense, to plan a funeral for someone who should have had decades ahead of her.
The investigation continues. Detectives are gathering statements, reviewing evidence, working with the District Attorney’s Office to determine the appropriate charges. But for those who loved Mya, the legal process will not bring her back. It will not fill the space she left behind, the space where her laughter used to be, her talent, her ambition.
In Belle Vernon and McKees Rocks, the communities that knew her are rallying around her family, sharing memories, honoring the young woman who loved to cook, who danced with her sisters, who sang in the church choir, who was just beginning to build her life. They remember her smile, her determination, the medals she won, the pride she carried. And they hold onto those memories as they try to understand how someone so full of promise could be taken so soon.