Jaivon Blake was a 16-year-old Black male shot and killed on Sunday, September 25, 2011, in Dorchester, Boston. He and a 14-year-old friend were near a convenience store on Geneva Avenue when two members of a gang called Flatline targeted them in what investigators described as mistaken identity tied to gang conflict. Nyasani Watt and Sheldon Mattis, both 18 at the time of arrest in November 2011, were accused of planning the attack after Mattis misidentified Jaivon’s younger companion as belonging to a rival group.

Watt allegedly rode up on a bicycle and fired a .40 caliber handgun, striking Jaivon with a wound that severed his liver and spinal cord; Jaivon died a few hours later at Boston Medical Center. The 14-year-old companion was also shot and survived. Watt and Mattis were arrested and charged with murder, assault, and firearm possession; Watt was found with a loaded .38 caliber handgun when taken into custody. Does anyone have memories of that afternoon on Geneva Avenue or information that could shed more light on the case?