On the night of February 21, 2018, 10-year-old Yovanni Daniel Banos-Merino was shot inside his first-floor Ridge Avenue apartment in Asbury Park, New Jersey. He and his mother, Lilia Merino, were both struck and taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center; Yovanni was pronounced dead and his mother survived. Yovanni was a student at Bradley Elementary School and was remembered for playing football, soccer, and riding his skateboard with friends.

Investigators concluded Yovanni and his mother were not the intended targets; the gunfire stemmed from a dispute involving another person inside the residence. Within days two suspects were identified: 16-year-old Jah-Del K. Birch of Neptune Township was arrested at his high school, and 18-year-old Karon Council, also of Neptune, was located in Pompano Beach, Florida, and taken into custody. Both were charged with murder and conspiracy, and later pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated manslaughter and second-degree weapons charges with sentencing recommendations of 25 years for Council and 10 years for Birch, each to serve 85 percent before parole eligibility.

Does anyone have information about Yovanni, his activities in the neighborhood, or what happened that night?