On the evening of July 11, 2014, 16-year-old Malik Amonte Garrett of Venice, Illinois, was shot in the parking lot of a neighborhood market at 308 Madison Avenue in Madison. Officers and medics arrived around 5:15 p.m. after multiple 911 calls reporting shots fired and found Garrett on the pavement with three gunshot wounds. He was taken to Gateway Regional Medical Center and died about an hour later.

According to witness accounts and surveillance video, the shooter approached from behind, called out to get Garrett’s attention, and opened fire as Garrett tried to run. Witnesses described the shooter chasing him across the lot and continuing to fire; several 9mm shell casings were recovered near where Garrett fell and along the building. Garrett, who had no weapon, identified his attacker while still conscious as Craig from Brooklyn, naming Craig D. Miller.

Craig D. Miller was arrested later that day. Prosecutors charged a 17-year-old with two counts of first-degree murder and aggravated discharge of a firearm on July 14, 2014, alleging he fired into a small group that included Garrett. At trial the defendant admitted he shot the teen, saying he believed the teen had been involved in an earlier drive-by at his home. Jurors convicted Miller of first-degree murder on April 13, 2017; a judge sentenced him to 40 years on August 2, 2017. Anyone who knew Malik or witnessed events at the Madison market that evening is asked to come forward with information.