John Broyles was 17 and a senior at Como Park Senior High School when he was fatally shot the night of March 5, 2016, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, about a week before his 18th birthday. Described by people who knew him as peaceful and happy and someone who liked to make others laugh, Broyles was struck in the back by a bullet that pierced several vital organs and was found on the sidewalk near the intersection of University and Prior Avenues around 11 p.m. A handgun was discovered underneath his body.

An exchange tied to a feud between rival gangs, HAM Crazy and Gutter Block, escalated. The man, later identified as 20-year-old Rayshon Brooks, reportedly pointed a gun; Broyles and his cousin fled, Brooks pursued on foot, and witnesses heard multiple gunshots. Brooks was arrested four days later and charged with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of a crime committed for the benefit of a gang. He maintained he acted in self-defense and believed he was being set up.

In April 2016 Brooks pleaded guilty to a crime committed for the benefit of a gang; the second-degree murder charges were dismissed and he was sentenced to 13 and a half years in prison. Does anyone have information about Broyles, that intersection that night, or the feud between HAM Crazy and Gutter Block?