Jakwan Radford was a 17-year-old Black male from Columbus who attended South High School and was known to family and friends as Quano and Kwanie. He was remembered at a vigil for his generous spirit and by relatives who urged young people to change course and warned of the toll of ongoing violence.

On the evening of November 24, 2021, around 5:00 p.m., Jakwan was shot in the Blacklick area of Columbus. Officers responding to a report of a shooting in the 7000 block of Norworth Road found him with gunshot wounds. Police said the shots came from a dark-colored Chevy Malibu in what appeared to be a drive-by shooting. Jefferson Township paramedics took him to Mount Carmel East, where he was pronounced dead just before 6:00 p.m.; his death was reported as the city’s 178th homicide that year.

The Columbus Division of Police investigated the shooting. Does anyone who knew Jakwan or who was in the Blacklick area that evening have information that could help the investigation?