On a September night in Brooklyn, 76-year-old Herbert Brown was killed in a burst of gunfire that also took two other men. Brown, a resident of the Ingersoll Houses who often spent evenings outdoors and was described by family as a cherished grandfather figure, was outside the building at 58 Fleet Walk in Fort Greene on September 20, 2015, when he was struck in the stomach. He was taken to Methodist Hospital and pronounced dead.

Two other victims were 39-year-old Lacount Simmons, who lived at the Ingersoll Houses, and 43-year-old Calvin Clinkscales of South Jamaica; both were found at the scene with fatal gunshot wounds. Police indicated the shooting was believed to stem from a drug-related dispute, while Brown’s family said he was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. In January 2016, authorities identified Allen Pike Cooper as a suspect and released a wanted poster; he was later apprehended and in April 2016 was formally charged in the triple homicide.

Did anyone in Fort Greene or the Ingersoll Houses see or hear anything that night that might help piece together what happened?