On July 16, 2017, Jamar Lamont Hicks, 26, was shot and killed in East Columbia, Missouri. He was riding in a vehicle with two friends near Trimble Road when unknown assailants opened fire in what authorities later described as a targeted ambush. The vehicle crossed the road and struck a curb; Hicks was found inside with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at a local hospital. The two other passengers, a man and a woman in their twenties, survived gunshot injuries.

Investigators recovered shell casings and reviewed surveillance footage and concluded the attack appeared deliberate, but motive has not been established. No suspects have been named and no arrests have been announced. Hicks’ mother, Vivian Morgan, has publicly urged witnesses to come forward, saying people seem afraid to speak.

If anyone has information about the ambush near Trimble Road on July 16, 2017, please share what you know.