Derrick Termite Gloster, an 18-year-old Black male, was killed in a mass shooting in Liberty City, Miami, on January 23, 2009. The attack happened during a street-corner dice game when at least two gunmen opened fire; Derrick and 16-year-old Brandon Mills were killed and seven others were wounded. The shooting was among the deadliest in Miami at the time and prompted rallies and vigils.

Derrick was raised in Liberty City and lived with his grandmother, Brenda Estinat, and sometimes with his mother, Tangela Graham. He was described as a kind young man who liked hip-hop fashion. Investigations later linked William Henry Little Bill Brown to the killings; Brown confessed to multiple murders, including Derrick’s and Brandon’s, but Miami-Dade prosecutors reached a controversial plea deal that did not assign time for those two deaths and instead gave Brown 25 years for two other murders. That decision and Brown’s role as an informant undermined several cases and devastated the families.

Police have reopened the investigation after years of inactivity, but many details remain undisclosed. If anyone knew Derrick, was at the scene, or has information about the January 23, 2009 shooting, please come forward.