Willie Ebn Roo Felder Jr., 18, was shot and killed in Columbus on January 11, 2020. Known as EBN Roo, he graduated from South High School with honors in 2019 and had pursued music since childhood. On the afternoon of January 11 the shooting was reported to Columbus police at about 5:34 PM; Willie was found in the parking lot of 4667 Refugee Road with multiple gunshot wounds, taken to a local hospital in critical condition and pronounced dead at 9:41 PM.

The case remains an unsolved homicide. No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced and the Columbus Police Department is asking the public for tips. Willie is survived by his mother Raven Parrott, his father Willie Felder, sister Ranjanique King, brothers Raquan King and Wayne Felder, and other family and friends who remember him.

If anyone has information about Willie’s killing or was in the area of 4667 Refugee Road on January 11, please share what you know.