Victor Maurice Hobbs Jr, an 18-year-old African American known also as Maurice, was fatally shot on January 26, 2017, in Jacksonville’s Southside Estates neighborhood. The double shooting happened just before 10 p.m. on Agave Road near Cortez Road. Another person survived with non-life-threatening injuries and cooperated with police.

His mother, Latasha Hobbs, said she was on her way to pick him up and heard the gunshots. Maurice was an up-and-coming rapper described as loving and caring, especially toward special-needs children. Witnesses reported a black car leaving the scene, but no arrests have been made and the case was later transferred to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office cold case division after leads were exhausted.

Latasha Hobbs has urged the public to come forward and has taken part in advocacy and discussions about gun reform while pressing for answers. If anyone has information that could help resolve Maurice’s murder, please share it with investigators.