Darris Brooks, 25, of Chester, Pennsylvania, was killed by gunfire on September 7, 1990, while sitting on the 2500 block of West 3rd Street. He was playing checkers with a friend at about 5:30 p.m. when the shooting occurred; his listed home was on the 2600 block of Nolan Street, a short distance away. The setting was ordinary and he was not described as engaged in a confrontation at the time.

Investigative attention later centered on 20-year-old Howard Lee Byers of the 2500 block of West 3rd Street. Philadelphia police officers detained Byers in West Philadelphia the Friday after the killing, checked his status with the National Crime Information Center, and learned he was wanted by Chester detectives and the Delaware County Criminal Investigation Division in connection with Brooks’s death. Byers was charged with homicide, weapons offenses, and related counts; he was arraigned in Chester Regional Court, held without bail, and sent to Delaware County Prison pending a hearing set for November 13.

Does anyone who knew Darris or who was in that West 3rd Street area that evening have information to share?