Nathaniel Plummer Jr. was 13 when he was found shot on a Camden sidewalk at Beacon and Line streets on the evening of January 7, 2016. He was taken to Cooper University Hospital and died in the early hours of January 8. The death became the city’s first homicide of 2016 and drew a large public response, including the mayor making a plea to end gun violence.

Investigators focused on 17-year-old Casche Alford after evidence, including text messages, placed her at the scene. Nathaniel had been with Alford in a van and was shot as he exited the vehicle. A friend had warned Nathaniel by Facebook message that Alford was planning to set him up, and thirty minutes after the shooting Alford told Nathaniel’s mother she had dropped him at his grandmother’s house. Ballistics tied a .380 Hi-Point semiautomatic to Nathaniel’s killing and to another shooting, and Alford was charged in connection with prior violent incidents from late 2015.

Alford pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated manslaughter in Nathaniel’s death and in January 2017, at age 18, received a 30-year sentence; concurrent seven-year terms were imposed for the earlier October 2015 shooting and a December 2015 armed robbery. Does anyone have memories of Nathaniel or information about that evening that could add context to what happened?