Lawrence Lockley was an 18-year-old senior at Dunbar High School in Fort Myers when he was killed on August 28, 2016. The shooting happened about 1:55 p.m. on Suntrust Drive in the Habitat Beecher Village neighborhood while Lawrence sat in a silver sedan with a friend, Marcus Davis Jr., outside Davis’s grandmother’s house. Two to three males approached the vehicle and opened fire; Lawrence was fatally wounded and Marcus suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to hospital.

The Fort Myers Police Department responded and tried to save Lawrence but were unsuccessful. Police described the attack as targeted; the shooters were not identified and no arrests were made immediately after the incident. Witnesses in the area were reluctant to come forward, and that lack of cooperation has been cited as a significant obstacle. Lawrence’s death was the 13th homicide in Fort Myers that year and left his mother, Kimberly Haywood, and the community mourning.

The investigation remained unsolved for years as detectives sought new leads and hoped for advances in forensic information or witness testimony. If anyone knew Lawrence, saw the shooting, or has information that could help, please come forward.