Seventeen-year-old Laval Crawford Jr. was fatally shot outside his Pontiac, Michigan, home on September 13, 2008, in an attack described as retaliatory. Later the same day, a group of armed men forced their way into Crawford’s townhouse, held his girlfriend at gunpoint and coerced her into calling Crawford to come home. When he arrived the men chased him down the driveway, shot him multiple times, and one attacker reportedly approached him as he crawled on the grass and fired at close range.

Four men were arrested and charged with first-degree premeditated murder, first-degree felony murder, first-degree home invasion and multiple firearms offenses. At trial three of the defendants were convicted; Bryan Valentin-Cintron was found guilty of first-degree premeditated murder and other counts, and Diego Galvan and Jean Cintron were convicted of second-degree murder and related charges. Those three were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The fourth defendant, Raul Galvan, was acquitted of the murder charges but convicted of carrying a concealed weapon.

Is there anyone who knew Laval or witnessed what happened that evening who can add details?