Amari Brown was a 7-year-old boy killed on July 4, 2015, in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood. Around midnight while watching fireworks in the 1100 block of North Harding, he was struck in the chest during a drive-by shooting and was an unintended victim of a gang-related conflict; his father, Antonio Brown, was believed to be the intended target.

Prosecutors said the shooting arose from a longstanding neighborhood gang feud and argued that Rasheed Martin and Jamal Joiner each carried 9-mm handguns and opened fire that night. Six shell casings were recovered at the scene, five from one gun and one from a second. Separate Cook County juries found Martin and Joiner guilty in March 2024 on multiple counts that included murder, attempted murder, aggravated battery, and aggravated discharge of a firearm.

The trials and verdicts underscored the deadly consequences of the neighborhood’s gang violence and the loss of an innocent child. Does anyone have information about Amari, the events that night, or the neighborhood context that could shed more light on this case?