Xavier Cordei Maddox was 14 when he was shot and killed during a large Fourth of July block party on Chippewa Boulevard near Kiowa Avenue in Salisbury, Maryland. The shooting occurred just after midnight on July 5, 2023; Maddox suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was taken to TidalHealth Peninsula Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Six other people sustained non-life-threatening injuries in what authorities described as a mass shooting at an event of 300 to 400 attendees.

Investigators tied the incident to an ongoing gang conflict and carried out multiple arrests. In August 2023, 22-year-old Kairee Daquan Vanlandingham was arrested after evidence recovered under a search warrant and an admitted statement linked him to the shooting; he faced charges including first-degree assault, firearm offenses and reckless endangerment and was later indicted on numerous counts including first-degree murder. Prosecutors said Antravon Harmon, 28, and an accomplice armed themselves, confronted Maddox and opened fire into the crowd; Harmon was later convicted and sentenced to 258 years. A 17-year-old, J’Shawn Drayton, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and received a life sentence with all but 40 years suspended. A separate search in the investigation led to the arrest of 20-year-old Mykii Lee Sellers on drug and weapons charges.

Does anyone have information about Xavier, the gathering that night, or the people involved that could help clarify what led to the shooting?