James D. Hickem, 23, was fatally shot in Columbia, Missouri, on the night of Wednesday, September 25, 2019. The shooting took place in the 2300 block of McBaine Avenue, a residential area near Texas Avenue. Columbia Police Officers responded to reports of gunfire around 8:40 p.m.; Hickem was found with life-threatening gunshot wounds and was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Hickem’s death was reported as the sixth homicide in Columbia that month during a noted spike in violent crime. Police treated his killing as a separate incident from other September homicides for which arrests were later announced; no suspect was immediately named in Hickem’s case and detectives described the investigation as active and seeking information from the public.

Does anyone who lived near McBaine Avenue or who was in central Columbia that evening have information that could help investigators?