Tyshawn Antonio Dickerson Jr. was 15 when he was found unresponsive from a gunshot wound near Ashburton Road and Mayfair Park Place in Columbus, Ohio on December 31, 2021. He was pronounced dead at 8:20 a.m. The Columbus Police Department opened a homicide investigation; the case appears in the department’s Homicide Cold Case Unit archive for December 2021.

No arrests or suspects have been identified in connection with Tyshawn’s death. Family and friends remember him as a vibrant young person who enjoyed football, basketball and writing rhymes; memorials and tributes have been held in his honor. Law enforcement and Central Ohio Crime Stoppers are asking anyone with information to come forward.

If anyone knew Tyshawn or was in the Ashburton Road and Mayfair Park Place area on December 31, 2021, can you share what you remember?