Joseph Johnson Jr. was 16 and a student at Washington High School when he was fatally shot in Milwaukee on the evening of February 20, 2002. The shooting occurred in the school parking lot after a basketball game between Washington High and Vincent High, where tensions among rival supporters erupted into violence.

Authorities identified the gunman as 22-year-old Phillip D. Jackson Jr., who was subsequently arrested in connection with Johnson’s death. The community reacted to the loss of a teenager whose life and future were cut short by a single act of gun violence.

If anyone attended that game or has information about what happened in the parking lot that night, please share what is known.