Desean Welch was an 18-year-old student from Victorville who was fatally shot on September 16, 2016, in Moreno Valley near Rancho Verde High School just as a football game was ending. Welch, who was deaf and a student at the California School for the Deaf in Riverside, had earned a basketball scholarship to USC and hoped to play in the NBA.

According to a friend who was with him, Welch and the friend were confronted by an agitated man asking if they knew someone in Ontario. Efforts to communicate that they were deaf failed; Welch attempted to write a text message to clarify, then the suspect reportedly made a gang sign and opened fire. The shooting happened as students and families were leaving the stadium parking lot, causing panic and forcing people to shelter in place.

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigated and described the suspect as a black male about 20 years old with a medium build. No arrests had been announced. Welch’s family has urged anyone with information to come forward; they also set up a GoFundMe to help cover funeral expenses and honor his memory.

Did anyone who attended that game or who was in the parking lot that night see something that could help investigators?