Justin Gabriel Griffith, a 20-year-old Black man, was fatally shot on July 5, 2021, at Cousler Park in Manchester Township and died at WellSpan York Hospital in York, Pennsylvania. The shooting happened around 9 p.m.; Griffith was shot in the back and pronounced dead at 9:39 p.m. The incident was described as gang-related, and investigators said Griffith was not the intended target in the double-shooting.

Northern York County Regional Police continued to investigate the case for more than a year. Griffith’s family remembered him as caring and charismatic, with ambitions to become a high school football coach and to help young people; his mother, Chawna Griffith, noted he sought help for his mental health when needed. Few other public details about the crime scene and motive have been released.

If anyone has information about the shooting at Cousler Park on July 5, 2021, please share what is known with the investigating agency.