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Duval DeShields was 14 when he was shot on the evening of October 12, 2015, on the 1200 block of North 10th Street in Philadelphia. He was found with a gunshot wound to the head and taken to Hahnemann University Hospital, where he died the following day. A BB gun was reportedly found in his pocket while he was being transported to the hospital.

Investigators say the shooting followed a dispute earlier that day, when DeShields intervened in a street fight and brandished a BB gun to break it up. Witnesses linked 19-year-old Dimitrius Brown to a later confrontation that evening; police arrested Brown on October 16, 2015, and charged him with murder, criminal conspiracy, and multiple firearms offenses. At trial the prosecution argued Brown executed DeShields; friends of the victim testified about being with him on bikes when Brown confronted him. A key 16-year-old eyewitness later recanted, and the defense presented an alibi for Brown.

Does anyone have further details about the eyewitness recantation or other testimony from the trial?