A graduation party at Bollinger Playground in New Castle, Pennsylvania, ended in gunfire shortly after 1 a.m. on June 10, 2023. About 50 people had gathered to celebrate when witnesses reported multiple shooters. Fifteen-year-old Damian Jackson, a freshman at New Castle High School, was shot and later died at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh at 3:34 a.m. Two other teenagers were wounded: a 13-year-old boy was struck in the shoulder and later reported to be recovering, and another unidentified teen was also hospitalized.

Damian was remembered by his mother as a good kid who loved people, music, and dirt bikes and who cared for his friends and younger brothers. The New Castle Police Department opened a homicide investigation and asked witnesses to come forward. No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been reported.

If anyone was at Bollinger Playground that night or has information about the shooting, please share what is known with the New Castle Police Department.