Gabrielle Agnes Johnson was 23 when she was shot on November 11, 2021, while sitting in a parked pickup truck on the 5600 block of North Girard Avenue in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. She suffered a gunshot wound to the head, was taken to Hennepin Healthcare in Minneapolis, and died of her injuries on November 14, 2021.

Investigators say Julius Smith, 24, of Brooklyn Center, was sitting behind Gabrielle in the truck and was identified by witnesses as the shooter; those witnesses described the shooting as an accident. Smith initially told police the truck’s occupants had been robbed by two men and that a gun discharged when he attempted to knock it from one assailant, believing it was a fake. Surveillance footage obtained by investigators contradicted that account and corroborated witness statements. Smith was charged with second-degree manslaughter for culpable negligence causing unreasonable risk.

Does anyone have information about Gabrielle’s final hours or the truck’s occupants that could help clarify what happened?