Sixteen-year-old Waly Malik Faye was found with a gunshot wound near the playground in Brentwood Park along the 3300 block of Vinson Court in Raleigh on February 4, 2021. A 911 caller reported seeing blood coming from the teenager’s head; he was taken to a hospital and later died. Faye was a freshman at Sanderson High School and his death deeply affected the community.

Raleigh police investigated the shooting and said it was not a random act of violence. On March 12, 2021, an 18-year-old, Daniel Unique-Rasha Monserrate, was arrested and charged with murder in connection with Faye’s death and held at the Wake County Detention Center.

If anyone knew Waly, his routines, or witnessed what happened at Brentwood Park that day, please come forward with information.