Jonathan Armando Garcia was 16 when he was killed on May 25, 2018, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. A sophomore at Quality Education Academy who hoped to join the Army, Garcia went out that night with a friend and did not answer his mother’s texts. Events escalated during a drug deal at a residence on Regalwood Drive; a fight broke out and Garcia was found unresponsive near the road with an apparent gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police charged two 17-year-old suspects, Abdul Azizhanif Sears and Tylen Jibreel Sears, both of Winston-Salem, with first-degree murder. Abdul Sears was treated at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center for non-life-threatening injuries suffered in the fight, then arrested after release; Tylen Sears was not injured. Both were jailed without bond. Garcia’s mother publicly expressed her anguish, and police asked anyone with information to come forward.

If anyone knew Jonathan, was with him that night, or has information about the events on Regalwood Drive, please share what you know.