Following his release, Maverick leaves the gang and becomes owner of the Garden Heights grocery store where Starr and her half-brother Seven work. Carlos was a father figure to Starr when her father, Maverick, spent three years in prison for gang activity. Starr agrees to be interviewed by two detectives about the shooting after being encouraged by her Uncle Carlos, who is also a detective. Starr's struggles with her identity are further complicated after her mother Lisa leaves her job as a nurse in a Garden Heights clinic for a high-paying hospital job and the family moves out of the neighborhood. Having to keep this secret weighs on Starr, as does her need to keep her Williamson and Garden Heights personas separate. Starr's identity as the witness is initially kept secret from just about everyone outside Starr's family, even her younger brother Sekani – leaving Starr's two best friends, Hailey Grant and Maya Yang, and Starr's white boyfriend, Chris, who all attend Williamson Prep together, all unaware of Starr's connection to the news story. The media portrays Khalil as a gang banger and drug dealer, while more favorably portraying the white officer who killed him. Khalil's death becomes a major national news story. The officer fires three shots into Khalil, killing him.
The officer tells Khalil, who is black, exit the car while outside the car, Khalil re-opens the driver-side door to check in on Starr.
On the way home, they are stopped by a white police officer.
After the police break up a party Starr is attending one weekend, Starr is driven home by a childhood friend, Khalil. Starr Carter is a 16-year-old black girl who lives in the mostly poor black neighborhood of Garden Heights, but attends a predominantly white private school called Williamson Prep.
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