Patrick Powell was 18 when he was shot during a drive-by shooting on July 26, 2017, while playing basketball with his cousin at Miller Family Park in Oak Cliff, Dallas. The shooting happened around 8:30 p.m. Powell was struck by at least one bullet, taken to Baylor University Medical Center in critical condition, and died the following day.

Two juveniles, ages 13 and 14, were arrested and initially charged with aggravated assault; after Powell’s death those charges were upgraded to murder. Investigators determined Powell was not the intended target. The family held vigils and prayer services; his grandmother Alene Powell described him as a good child who loved school, church, and basketball. He served as a junior deacon at Greater Community First Baptist Church and had earned a church scholarship. Powell had planned to return to Jarvis Christian College to study movie production.

Does anyone who was in the Oak Cliff community around July 26, 2017, have information about that evening or the vehicle involved?