Ivan Jerome Cox Jr. was 21 when he was fatally shot on June 29, 2015, in the 3000 block of Elizabeth Avenue in Baltimore. His death occurred during a summer that produced a sharp rise in city homicides; 2015 ultimately recorded 344 killings, making it one of the deadliest years on record for the city.

The neighborhood where Cox was killed was already struggling with poverty and economic distress and had been affected by a string of violent crimes. The citywide unrest after Freddie Gray’s death that spring is reported to have heightened tensions and stretched law enforcement resources during that period.

No arrests have been announced in Cox’s murder and no suspects have been publicly identified, leaving the case unsolved and his family without closure. If anyone has information about what happened to Ivan Cox Jr., please come forward to the investigators handling the case.