Danny Steele, a 36-year-old African American man, was fatally shot inside his vehicle at the intersection of North George and North streets in York, Pennsylvania, on December 7, 2013, around 2:55 a.m. The attack was not connected to the neighborhood; prosecutors said Steele was targeted because of his past actions. Steele had testified in 1997 against childhood friends Melvin Fatback Bethune and Tysheem Ty Boogie Crocker in the gang-related murder of Raymond Skip Clarke. As part of a deal with the York County District Attorney’s Office, Steele pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and served a 2.5 to 5 year sentence; Bethune and Crocker were convicted of first-degree murder and received life without parole.

On the night of the shooting Steele was approached by Tobias Bethune-Banks, son of Melvin Bethune, who demanded that Steele recant his testimony. Steele refused; Bethune-Banks and two other unidentified people followed Steele and shot him multiple times in his car. Bethune-Banks was arrested and charged with criminal homicide, but a 2019 York County jury acquitted him of first- and third-degree murder after finding the prosecution’s evidence insufficient to prove he was responsible for Steele’s death. Anyone with information about Steele or the people who followed him is asked to come forward.