Santos Hercules was 16 when he was shot and killed in Columbus, Ohio on April 12, 2015. Officers were dispatched about 3:40 a.m. to the area near the 700 block of Polo Drive South after multiple reports of gunshots; Santos was found with critical injuries and pronounced dead shortly after arrival. He was a student at Columbus Global Academy and originally from San Francisco Apanta, El Salvador. Family and community members remembered him as a joyful and loving young man, and tributes have been left online in his memory.

The case remains unsolved. The Columbus Division of Police and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation include the homicide in their databases and have asked the public for tips. If anyone has information that could help bring justice for Santos, please contact the Columbus Police Department or the Ohio Attorney General’s cold case resources.