Jaeden Sharpe was 9 when he was shot on January 4, 2014, in Durham, North Carolina. He was a third-grader at W.G. Pearson Magnet Elementary School. Jaeden was in a car with his mother, Lakeisha Holloway, when someone opened fire; Holloway was also shot in the face and survived, two other 10-year-olds in the vehicle were uninjured, and Jaeden died six days later from his injuries.

Authorities identified Everett Lamont Graves, 26, as the primary suspect and charged him with multiple counts including second-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, and discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle causing serious injury. The case hinged on Holloway’s inconsistent statements and what prosecutors described as limited concrete evidence; Graves entered Alford pleas to the charges and received a prison sentence capped at 20 years that encompassed Jaeden’s death and the fatal shooting of another Durham man, Desmond Romario Williams. Motive remains unclear; investigators and prosecutors suggested gang-related violence as a possible explanation while Holloway denied any gang affiliation for herself or her son.

If anyone knew Jaeden or was in the area that day, please share what might help fill the gaps in this case.