DaBryan Maurice Smith, 20, was killed on the evening of November 24, 2016, in the parking lot of a Git N Go convenience store on Des Moines’s east side. Shortly before 7 p.m. multiple gunshots were fired from a passing vehicle at a group of people; Smith was struck in the lower torso, taken to Broadlawns Medical Center in a private vehicle, and later died. His death was counted as the city’s 13th homicide that year.

Born in Minneapolis, Smith had moved to Des Moines with his family. A 2014 high school graduate, he was studying auto mechanics at Des Moines Area Community College, played football and basketball, and hoped to coach youth. He was engaged to be married to Crystal Campbell and was the father of a son, DaBryan Smith Jr.

Investigators treated the shooting as not random and believed a relationship likely existed between the shooters and the victim. Police worked the scene into the morning and planned to review nearby surveillance, but witness cooperation was limited. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests were announced; the case remains unsolved. Did anyone who knew DaBryan or who was near the Git N Go that night see or hear anything that could help bring answers?