Najee Thomas was 14 when he was fatally shot in the head at his home on Roundview Road in Baltimore’s Cherry Hill neighborhood on the night of April 22, 2014. His mother, Amina Gillian, had left him watching television and returned about an hour later to find him deceased. He was a ninth-grade student at Coppin Academy High School and described by friends and family as a positive, joyful presence who could lift others’ spirits.

That day he had been playing basketball with friends in the neighborhood. Najee’s killing was reported as the seventh teenage homicide in Baltimore that year and the third in eight days, part of a string of youth violence in the city. Investigators said they had strong leads and did not believe the shooting was random, but no arrests have been publicly announced and the case remains unsolved.

If anyone knew Najee, his routine, or witnessed activity on Roundview Road that night, please come forward with information.