On the evening of June 21, 2014, 16-year-old honor student Jameer Haynesworth was walking home from a movie in Philadelphia when a stray bullet struck him in the head near his home on West Montgomery Avenue. The shot came from more than a block away during an unruly block party at 8th and Berks Streets, where a separate dispute had erupted. Temple University Hospital pronounced Jameer dead after he was rushed there with severe injuries.

Investigators traced the shooting to 20-year-old Sajaad Hall, who reportedly fired multiple rounds at another man, Virgil Ross; one round hit Ross and another struck Jameer. A warrant was issued for Hall’s arrest and a reward was offered for information. Family and neighbors left flowers and messages at the place where Jameer collapsed and remembered him as a respectful, diligent student loved by his community.