On September 16, 2017, at about 4:25 a.m., 20-year-old Donovan Frazier was shot after stepping out of Franklin’s Finest Deli on Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights. He had just bought a ginger ale when gunfire struck him; a fatal wound entered his upper arm, passed through his torso and perforated his lungs and major blood vessels. Frazier stumbled back into the deli, was taken to Kings County Hospital and was pronounced dead.

Investigators tied the killing to a violent street-gang rivalry. Frazier was identified as an alleged member of the Lincoln Fam. Surveillance footage from outside the deli and other intelligence pointed to Gymanni Carrington of the rival Martense Beverly Bosses. Carrington reportedly claimed responsibility in recorded calls and social media posts and made admissions in emails to his mother. He was later indicted in a broader takedown of the Martense Beverly Bosses and was convicted in Frazier’s murder.

If anyone has information about Frazier, the shooting, or the gangs involved, please share what is known.