On a summer Sunday afternoon in East New York, Brooklyn, 16-year-old Justin Richey was fatally shot on Blake Avenue between Euclid Avenue and Pine Street. The shooting occurred on July 15, 2018, after three people confronted him and falsely accused him of being in a rival gang. Justin tried to run but collapsed and was taken to Brookdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Family and friends described him as hardworking, doing odd jobs to help support his mother and siblings, and said he had no criminal history. The NYPD arrested Ralief Bradford on July 18, 2018; he was charged with second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. The two others involved at the scene have not been caught.

Anyone with information about those at the scene or the events leading up to Justin’s death is asked to come forward.