Nathaniel Pitts was 17 when he was killed in a March 25, 2016 drive-by shooting in Fort Myers. The shooting happened around 10:50 a.m. on the 2700 block of Dr. Ella Piper Way in the Dunbar neighborhood. A Fort Myers detective who was nearby investigating an earlier shooting found Nathaniel on the grass and began CPR; he was later pronounced dead at Lee Memorial Hospital.

Witnesses said a green early-2000s Nissan Altima with tinted windows fled the scene. Police have sought information about that vehicle and its occupants but no arrests have been announced. Nathaniel had prior encounters with law enforcement, including an unarmed robbery arrest at 14 and, in October 2015, charges stemming from a shooting into an occupied dwelling and felony criminal mischief; investigators have considered whether those incidents are related to his murder. Two days after Nathaniel’s death his older brother, Natyri Pitts, was shot while playing basketball and survived.

If anyone in Fort Myers remembers seeing a green Nissan Altima or has information about Nathaniel’s killing, please come forward.