Xavier Jamal Olesko was an 18-year-old Black man who was fatally shot in the chest on September 18, 2017, in Fort Worth, Texas. He had attended Brewer High School and Western Hills High School, played football and basketball, and was active in the children’s ministry at HighRidge Church. Family and friends remembered him for a vibrant personality and contagious smile.

On the day he died, Xavier was at a home in White Settlement with friends. He left the backyard to meet acquaintances at the front of the house and was shot there. Authorities arrested Sean Garrison, Tyee Garrison, Kyle Garrison, and Chase Allan Nix and charged them with capital murder. Police said the killing was not racially motivated; investigators alleged the Garrison brothers had planned to rob Xavier and lured him to the meeting with that intent. The Tarrant County district attorney accepted the case and the suspects were held in lieu of bail.

Does anyone have information about Xavier’s activities or the meeting that day that could help clarify what happened?