Khalil Maximillion Ross was 14 and a student at Wilson High School when he died from a gunshot wound in Florence, South Carolina on or about January 17, 2022. Remembered by family and friends as kind and loving with a passion for basketball, his death was ruled a homicide by the Florence County Coroner’s Office and prompted a criminal investigation.

Authorities opened a homicide probe after the discovery of the shooting, and the case sparked public grief and calls for justice.

If anyone has information about what happened to Khalil, please come forward and contact investigators.