Elijah Blackwell, 19, was shot and killed in Marion, South Carolina, on January 7, 2019. Remembered for his humor, love of music and dance, and as a hardworking Burger King employee and father, his death was the city’s first homicide that year.

Marion police identified a suspect, Jaquan Tyshaun Thompson, then 17, who was taken into custody on January 11, 2019, denied bond and booked into the Marion County Detention Center. In January 2020 Thompson pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 22 years in prison.

Anyone who knew Elijah or who has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.