Fourteen-year-old Basil Haizeis Wilson was shot and killed near the intersection of East Florida Street and Randolph Avenue in Greensboro, North Carolina, on September 20, 2021. Officers found Basil with a gunshot wound just before 6 p.m.; he was taken to hospital and died early the next morning. He was a student at Dudley High School and had been looking forward to starting his freshman year. His mother, Jessica Brewer, said the family had moved to Greensboro from Philadelphia seeking a safer life, and described Basil as friendly and humorous.

The Greensboro Police Department opened a homicide investigation. Police asked anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers; a reward was offered for tips leading to an arrest. Basil’s mother established the Boy Sil Foundation in his memory to help prevent similar tragedies and support families affected by gun violence.

Did anyone in the Greensboro area have contact with Basil or witness the shooting near East Florida Street and Randolph Avenue?