On July 30, 2019, 16-year-old Jamone Pratt was on the front porch of a home in the 4600 block of South J Street in Tacoma when a minivan drove by and seven rounds were fired in his direction. Pratt was struck in the head, taken to Tacoma General Hospital, and died that night. Several bullets also struck the house; no one else was physically injured.

Court documents portray the shooting as retaliation tied to a feud between rival teen gangs that had escalated after another shooting months earlier. According to charging papers, the minivan’s occupants circled the block after spotting Pratt, two occupants covered their faces with bandannas, and a passenger fired out of the window. Investigators tracked the van to a Lakewood trailer park, placed a tracker on it, and later arrested suspects; the handgun believed to be used was reportedly found in the shooter’s waistband. Three teens were charged as adults in connection with Pratt’s killing.

Does anyone who knew Jamone or who was in that neighborhood that afternoon have information that could shed more light on what happened?