Cortney Lowery Jr, 21, was killed on March 29, 2017, in an apartment at Caribbean Villas in West Palm Beach, Florida. He and friends Isaiah Burkett-Hyndman and Abiade Granger were playing video games when Kenneth Hawthorne left the room, returned with a firearm, and opened fire. Lowery and Burkett-Hyndman were killed; Granger survived after being shot multiple times.

Hawthorne was arrested the next day and charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder. At trial the prosecution said Lowery was shot five times in the back, Burkett-Hyndman was shot multiple times, and Granger was hit in the head, chest, and stomach. The defense argued there was no premeditation or clear motive; the jury convicted Hawthorne and he was later sentenced.

The victims had been close friends who often spent time together playing video games. Does anyone have information about that evening or knew the men who were in the apartment?