Melcroft is an unincorporated community in Saltlick Township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States.

[4] In 2018, a mass shooting at a car wash left five people dead, including the perpetrator, and a sixth person with minor injuries.

The incident occurred on January 28, 2018, at Ed's Car Wash, just before 3:00 a.m., in the Melcroft community of Saltlick Township, south-east of Pittsburgh.

[5] Surveillance video had shown Smith grabbing Porterfield from behind earlier that morning at the Tall Cedars bar.

[8] He initially survived, but died at a hospital just before 10:00 p.m.[9] An autopsy confirmed that all fatal victims had been shot multiple times.