Aiden Michael McClendon was 22 months old when he was killed on January 29, 2016, in Jacksonville, Florida. He was in a car with his mother and grandmother near a Jacksonville sports arena when their vehicle was struck by several rounds in a drive-by shooting tied to a gang dispute. Aiden was hit three times in his shoulder and abdomen, taken to hospital in critical condition, and later died.

Investigators tied the attack to an ongoing gang war connected to Problem Child Entertainment and identified the intended target as Aiden’s uncle. Two teenagers, Henry Lee Hayes and Kquame Riguan Richardson, were later convicted of first-degree murder and other charges in the case and sentenced to life with the possibility of review after 25 years because of their ages at the time. The shooting and trial prompted community outrage, a reward fund from local business leaders, and public statements from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and Mayor Lenny Curry about tackling gang violence.

If anyone has information about Aiden, his family, or the events around that night, please come forward.