Jakobi Xavier Mitchell was 17 and a senior at Cy-Parks High School when he was shot and killed on November 25, 2019. He was inside a car on Katy Fort Bend Road in west Harris County with three other teenagers, two boys and a girl, when someone fired into the vehicle. The group pulled over and sought help from a nearby Katy police officer, but Jakobi was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators say the shooting likely occurred at a different location before the car stopped. No suspects or motives have been released and no arrests were announced. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate. Jakobi’s family and classmates remember him as kind and loving; the community remains without answers.

If anyone has information about where the vehicle may have been fired on earlier that night or about the people involved, please contact the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.