On the evening of July 18, 2019, John Brooks, a 35-year-old Black man from Dorchester, was shot during an altercation near Centennial Street in Revere, Massachusetts. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital for emergency surgery and died of his wounds on July 23, 2019.

Revere police quickly investigated using witness statements and video evidence and arrested two men. Nineteen-year-old Kevin Nguyen of Dorchester was taken into custody near the scene and arraigned in Chelsea District Court; he was held on $50,000 bail with conditions including no contact with the victim’s family or witnesses, GPS monitoring, and home confinement if released. Twenty-one-year-old Jorge Cardova of Revere was identified on warrant and arrested the next day; he was arraigned on murder, armed assault to rob with a firearm, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and multiple firearm and drug-related charges and ordered held without bail.

Did anyone in the area see or record activity on Centennial Street that night that could help fill gaps in the timeline?