On the evening of July 9, 2017, 32-year-old Shamar Curry was fatally shot at Rainier Playfield in Seattle. Curry, a Black/African American man, was found in the street with a gunshot wound to his torso and was pronounced dead after being taken to Harborview Medical Center. A companion, Larry Anderson, was injured in the same attack and survived.

Witnesses described the assailants’ vehicle as a green Ford SUV from the late 1990s. That description led investigators to a vehicle and its owner; with assistance from the Puyallup Police Department, 43-year-old Lloyd Hinton was located in Puyallup, admitted to driving the SUV, and was arrested and booked into the King County Jail. Prosecutors later charged Hinton with second-degree murder and first-degree assault. Reports indicate the shooting was believed to be retaliatory and that Curry may not have been the intended target.

A friend who witnessed the shooting was killed at the same location five days later while visiting a memorial for Curry. Does anyone have information about the shooting or the people who were at Rainier Playfield that evening?