Byron Elder, 22, was fatally shot in the courtyard of the Williamsburg Houses at 203 Scholes Street in Brooklyn in the spring of 2017. The daytime shooting occurred around 12:30 p.m.; witnesses said a man in a hooded sweatshirt shot Elder in the chest and then fled through the housing complex courtyards. Bystanders tried to help and emergency responders took him to Kings County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Elder, known by his rap name Papi Lowso, was a lifelong resident of the nearby Bushwick Houses, a father to a 2-year-old daughter, and had recently released an album titled Trenches while pursuing music through performances and studio work. Friends and family posted tributes and built a candlelight shrine outside his home. Days after the killing, a 33-year-old man identified as the suspect surrendered to detectives and was arrested and charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon; police said he had prior arrests for assault and robbery.