On the evening of February 5, 2017, 22-year-old Darren Harrison was fatally shot in the head on East 84th Street near Avenue J in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene; a 9mm handgun was found in a plastic bag next to his body. A 19-year-old companion, Stephon McDonald, was also shot in the stomach and taken to a hospital in critical condition.

Police described the incident as a drive-by ambush as the two men exited a building and investigators treated the shooting as targeted and tied to gang rivalry, reporting both victims as alleged members of the Real Ryte Bloods. No arrests were made for more than two years, leaving the community without resolution.

In July 2019 three Brooklyn men were arrested in connection with the case: Travis Laroc, who was 17 when arrested and reportedly 15 at the time of the shooting, Tahir Thomas, 18, and Khaysean Porter, 21. They were charged in the indictment with murder, conspiracy to commit murder and other crimes, and firearm offenses based on crime scene evidence, witness statements and surveillance footage.