Allegheny County Police were called in to investigate what happened. Officers said at 6:55 p.m., detectives with the city police stopped a 2002 Lexus ES 300 in the 200 block of East Ohio Street. The detectives were in an unmarked GMC Yukon with its lights activated. Detectives said they smelled burnt marijuana upon approaching the car. Both the driver and the passenger, Elijah Brewer, were ordered to exit the car and they both did. At 7 p.m. the gunfight ensued. The driver ran off on foot and was detained a few minutes later. Brewer was shot and later died.