Curtis Effee, 41, was killed on a Boston street in the early hours of December 30, 2023, after an argument that began the night before inside an apartment at 417 Geneva Avenue. The dispute involved several people and moved from the apartment onto the street, where it became physical. Patrick Harland is named in reports as having pointed a knife at Effee during the confrontation.

Two other men, identified as Tyreese Robinson and Dasahn Crowder, are said to have drawn firearms and fired at Effee; he was struck and pronounced dead at the scene. The shooters fled—Crowder and Robinson reportedly left in a car while Harland ran away on foot. The Boston Police Department opened an investigation and arrests were made in connection with the shooting.

What details about the sequence of events or motive are still unclear to those who followed the case?