Ja’Ron McGill was 19 when he was shot and killed near Lanecrest Drive and Colby Place in Charlotte on the night of August 2, 2009. He was found after reports of gunfire, was taken to Carolinas Medical Center, and died in the early hours of August 3, 2009. McGill had been returning home from his girlfriend’s house when the shooting occurred.

Family and friends remembered him as a good young man with a bright future. Investigators have been unable to reconstruct the full circumstances of the attack, and despite appeals and a reward for tips, no suspects have been identified. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department continues to list the case as open.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or saw activity near Lanecrest Drive and Colby Place on August 2, 2009, please share what is known with investigators.