Fourteen-year-old Aamir Griffin was shot and killed while practicing basketball at the Baisley Park Houses in Queens on October 26, 2019. He was struck by a stray bullet in his upper chest that pierced both lungs and was taken to a local hospital, where he died. The shooting was reported as a case of mistaken identity tied to a feud between rival street gangs.

Investigators focused on Sean Brown, described as a reputed member of the Money World gang; surveillance footage showed Brown fleeing the scene after the shooting and investigators say he later told others he had hit the victim. Brown was arrested and, in September 2021, a Queens County grand jury indicted him on charges of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.

Aamir was a high school freshman who loved practicing his jump shot. Does anyone in the community have information about that evening or about Aamir’s time at the court?