On the evening of December 14, 2002, 18-year-old Nabil Essaid was shot and killed outside a movie theater on Tremont Street in Boston. The killing followed a dispute that began about two weeks earlier over stolen marijuana at Downtown Crossing. Essaid had been with friends Ahmed Obbada and Mohemmed Lebdoui when they were confronted by a man later identified as Darryl Scott. After a brief exchange, Scott produced a handgun and opened fire. Obbada took cover behind a car and Lebdoui fled; Essaid was struck twice and collapsed.

A witness identification of Scott from a photographic array led investigators to him. Police located and arrested Scott in February 2003 after a standoff in a Dorchester alley. The case centers on whether the shooting was an unprovoked attack or an act of self-defense as claimed by the accused. Does anyone have information about Essaid, his friends, or the events around Downtown Crossing in December 2002?