On May 28, 2006, 18-year-old Destin Mills was hit in the neck during a burst of gunfire at a Memorial Day weekend barbecue in St. Albans, Queens. The backyard party of about 150 people was struck at around 1:00 a.m. when a group of men on motorcycles allegedly pulled up and began firing over the fence. Witnesses reported as many as 35 shots; the ensuing chaos left Mills paralyzed from the single bullet that struck him. He was the only person injured in that shooting.

Police recovered a .45-caliber pistol at the scene and arrested four men who had been at the party: Jesse Brown, 21; his uncle Mark Brown, 40; Elliott Sharp; and Ronald Fleming, 36. Authorities said they did not believe those four fired the shot that struck Mills. Investigators sought statements from attendees, including rapper Lloyd Banks, who was reportedly present but unharmed. Mills later suffered long-term health complications from his paralysis and died on December 21, 2015, in a Brooklyn hospital.