Malik Brown was an 18-year-old former high school football player from Jacksonville who was killed in a shooting on January 3, 2020. He had been home on winter break from Warner University, where he attended on a football scholarship, and had recently become a father to a 1-month-old daughter. The shooting occurred in the Grand Park neighborhood, in the 2100 block of West 12th Street.

Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office investigators described the incident as a double shooting that also wounded another man and said it may have stemmed from a robbery attempt tied to a drug deal. Authorities later charged 27-year-old Denyasha Jamaal Daniel, who was also wounded, with third-degree murder; police alleged Daniel arranged the drug deal and fired when he believed someone was trying to rob him. Brown’s family and community members mourned and called for an end to local gun violence, and the family’s attorney spoke of investing in community programs.

If anyone has information about the shooting on January 3, 2020, or the events in the 2100 block of West 12th Street, please share what you know.