Raheem Khary Lawrence McAllister was an 18-year-old African American male who was shot and killed in Raleigh, North Carolina, on July 4, 2017. The shooting took place shortly before 11 p.m. in the parking lot of a McDonald’s near the downtown fireworks show. McAllister was taken to a hospital and later died of his injuries. Three other people were injured in the same shooting and were later released from the hospital.

Investigators say the violence began after a confrontation between a group of teenagers in the McDonald’s parking lot; witnesses reported the exchange escalated and that some initially mistook gunshots for fireworks. Two teenagers were arrested in the days after the shooting. Curtis Hart Rainey, 18, was arrested July 6, 2017, and charged with murder. Kenneth Edward Watts, 16, was arrested and charged with murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, and assault with a deadly weapon; both were held without bond. It is not clear whether the suspects or the victims had been at the fireworks show.

Does anyone have information about the confrontation in that McDonald’s parking lot or about Raheem’s activities that evening?