Richard Newton was a 14-year-old African American boy from Tampa who was killed on March 21, 2015. He was attending an outdoor birthday party with roughly 40 to 50 teenagers aged 14 to 16 when a fight broke out and someone fired into the crowd. Richard was struck and died at the scene; two other teenagers suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds.

Investigators determined Richard was not the intended target. Police arrested Joseph Huggins after receiving a tip; Richard’s mother, Danielle Williams, attended every court date and pushed for accountability. The killing was one of several teen shootings in Tampa that year, and memorials for Richard and other slain teenagers appeared around town.

If anyone was at that party or has information about the shooting, contact Tampa police with what was seen or heard that night.