Malik Tyler was a 13-year-old boy from Dallas who was killed on June 4, 2019. He and friends had stopped at a Pleasant Grove convenience store after school when gunfire broke out. Malik was struck in the back by a stray bullet as he tried to flee and died from his wounds.

The shooting investigation led to the arrest of 24-year-old Datrail Clayton. Prosecutors said Clayton fired during the altercation; a jury rejected his self-defense claim and convicted him of first-degree murder. In November 2021 Clayton received life in prison without the possibility of parole for 30 years and a $10,000 fine.

Family and neighbors held a vigil after Malik’s death, and his mother Tina Tyler spoke about the family’s grief. What details about that afternoon or the people involved might help build a fuller picture of what happened?