On the evening of November 13, 2019, 21-year-old Donnell Brockington was shot to death on the 2600 block of McElderry Street in Baltimore. An autopsy recorded twelve gunshot wounds; prosecutors later described the killing as an execution-style murder. Baltimore police officers heard the gunfire and saw a gold Infiniti speeding away. A pursuit ended when the vehicle crashed into a tree at Ashland Avenue and Caroline Street. Four of the six occupants were taken into custody; two fled on foot.At the scene and in the crashed vehicle investigators recovered multiple firearms.

Four people arrested were Anthony Clark, 19; James Dunbar, 18; Shamar Jerry, 19; and William Thornton, 26. They were charged with first-degree murder and various weapons offenses.All four rejected plea offers and the case went to trial. By December 2022 the jury found William Thornton guilty of first-degree murder. Anthony Clark and Shamar Jerry were acquitted of murder but convicted on weapons charges. The jury deadlocked on the murder charge for James Dunbar, who was still convicted of weapons offenses.Sentencings followed for the defendants; Thornton received a life sentence for first-degree murder.

Was anyone in the neighborhood that night able to see or hear anything useful about the gold Infiniti or the people who left the scene?