Maurice Freeman, 21, was fatally shot in Pittsburgh’s Northview Heights neighborhood on August 1, 2014, around 1 a.m. He was walking home from a basketball game when multiple gunshot wounds ended his life, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Investigators say witnesses reported a confrontation in which a group asked Maurice where he was from; when he said Arlington, the group replied If you ain’t from Northview, you gotta die. Shortly afterward those witnesses say the group followed him and shot him. Police identified 20-year-old Paul Kendrick of Northview Heights as the shooter; witnesses later picked him out of a photo array. Kendrick was arrested on August 26, 2014, and charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy, and illegal possession of a firearm. Court records show he was convicted and sentenced to life without parole.

Maurice’s parents described him as hardworking and generous, and the family says they continue to grieve.