Kimani KiKi Gray was 16 when he was shot dead on a residential street in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, on a cold March night in 2013. According to the NYPD, officers from the Brooklyn South Anti-Crime Patrol approached Gray and a group of friends after a birthday party; police say Gray separated from the group, reached for a .38-caliber revolver, pointed it at officers, and was struck seven times when two officers fired eleven rounds. A handgun was recovered and Gray was pronounced dead at Kings County Hospital.

Gray’s family and community members disputed the police account. His mother, Carol Gray, said he did not have a gun; some witnesses said he was unarmed or merely adjusting his pants, and one witness said Gray pleaded for his life. An autopsy found he had been shot in both front and back, including shoulders, arms and legs, which helped fuel days of protests in East Flatbush.

The officers were identified as Sergeant Mourad Mourad and Officer Jovaniel Cordova; reports note they had been named in five previous federal lawsuits combined. In July 2014 the Brooklyn District Attorney declined to file criminal charges. The family filed a federal wrongful death suit alleging excessive force and delayed medical care, and a judge allowed the core deadly-force claims to proceed.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see the group on that March night or know Kimani’s movements before the shooting?