Sircarr Johnson Jr., a 23-year-old Black fashion designer and new father, was killed during a community barbecue in West Philadelphia on July 4, 2021. The cookout on South 60th Street celebrated the grand opening of his clothing store, Premiere Bande, and drew friends and family who’d come to mark his success. Johnson had begun designing clothes in his grandmother’s basement at age 14.

Assailants drove up and opened fire, discharging more than 100 bullets into the crowd. Johnson was struck multiple times in the torso and died in his father’s arms. The attack also killed 21-year-old Salahaldin Mahmoud and wounded a 16-year-old girl. Investigators determined the shooters were targeting a rival from another street group and that Johnson and Mahmoud were not the intended targets.

After a nearly two-year investigation, authorities charged Anthony Lacey-Woodson, then 20, and Jalen Mickens, then 21, as members of the ’02da4’ street group in connection with the mass shooting; prosecutors said the attack aimed at a rival ’524’ gang. Mickens later pleaded guilty and received a prison term of 22.5 to 50 years.