On June 18, 2016, 17-year-old Naethon Darnel Sims was shot and killed near Sheldon Park on East Isabella Avenue in Muskegon, Michigan. The shooting happened about 8:00 p.m. after an argument escalated into gunfire. Witnesses said Sims was shot in the back while running away and shot again after he fell to the ground. Two other 18-year-old men — identified as Sims’s brother and a friend — were also wounded and survived.

Police identified 35-year-old Royderrick Levan Collier as the gunman and charged him with open murder, two counts of attempted murder and felony use of a firearm. Collier left the state after the shooting and was located in Arizona on August 17, 2016, before being returned to Michigan for prosecution. Collier said he fired because he saw Sims reach for a gun, but witnesses and forensic evidence showed Sims was fleeing when struck and undercut that account.

Does anyone have information about Naethon, his family, or what happened that evening?