Maxwell Michael Nelson Charles Griffy, an 18-year-old African American male, was fatally shot on the night of July 4, 2009, in Omaha, Nebraska. Police found him outside the El Dorado Club near 24th and P Streets around 11 p.m.; he was taken to Creighton University Medical Center and died during surgery. Authorities have said the exact location and circumstances of the shooting were unclear.

Griffy was born February 15, 1991, and was preceded in death by his father, Creighton Greene. Funeral services were held at Northside Christian Church with burial at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. In the months before his death Griffy was indirectly connected to a separate homicide: testimony in the trial of Akeem R. Jones, convicted in the March 11, 2009, killing of Gary Holmes, described Jones changing clothes with Griffy and later meeting Griffy where Jones admitted the shooting and destroyed evidence. Griffy was not reported to have participated in that murder.

No arrests or identified suspects have been publicly reported in Griffy’s killing and the motive remains unknown. If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Griffy, please contact the Omaha Police Department.