Shatavia Walls, 33, was ambushed and shot multiple times in a courtyard at the Pink Houses in East New York on the evening of July 7, 2020. She died of her wounds ten days later, on July 17, 2020. A man who was with her was also shot but survived.

The attack followed a Fourth of July confrontation at the housing complex between Walls and members of the Ninedee Gang who were setting off fireworks. During that encounter, Maliek Miller allegedly called her a snitch and fired a shot into the air; flyers labeling her a rat had been posted in the neighborhood after she testified in 2019 against a member of an affiliated gang. In the days after the fireworks incident, two people lay in wait for Walls and opened fire as she walked through the courtyard.

Federal charges were brought against Quintin Green, Chayanne Fernandez, and Maliek Miller in connection with the killing; Kevin Wint was charged as an accessory after the fact. Court filings say ballistic evidence from the July 7 scene matched the gun Miller had fired on July 4. Did anyone in East New York see or hear anything in that courtyard around July 7 that could shed more light on what happened?