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Fifteen-year-old Deshaun Hill, a Black/African American sophomore and honor roll student at North High School, was fatally shot on February 9, 2022, while walking to a bus stop near North Golden Valley Road and North Penn Avenue in Minneapolis. He was discovered with a gunshot wound to the head and died the following day. Hill was the Polars football team’s starting quarterback and was described as a compassionate, humble student and the subject of an upcoming documentary about the team.

Surveillance footage and witness statements led police to 29-year-old Cody Logan Fohrenkam as the suspect. Video reportedly shows the two passing on the sidewalk, then Fohrenkam turning, taking a gun from a backpack, and firing multiple shots as Hill walked away. Prosecutors said Fohrenkam had been punched and had his phone stolen earlier that day; he was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and initially denied being in the state before later admitting he had been nearby.

A jury found Cody Fohrenkam guilty of second-degree murder in January 2023 and he was sentenced to more than 38 years.

Did anyone who knew Deshaun or who was near North Golden Valley Road and North Penn Avenue that afternoon see anything that could help fill gaps in the timeline?