Jaylen Laney was 2 years old when he was shot in the head at close range on the front porch of his aunt’s apartment in Charlotte, North Carolina, on January 2, 2006. He was taken to Carolinas Medical Center and died of his injuries that night.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police identified and charged 31-year-old Jarvis Jermaine Short in connection with Jaylen’s death. Short was charged with first-degree murder and related offenses; investigators concluded the shooting was not accidental and that the weapon had been fired intentionally.

The case drew substantial community attention because of Jaylen’s age and the circumstances of the shooting. Does anyone have information about Jaylen, the aunt’s apartment location, or the events of that evening that could shed more light on what happened?