On January 6, 2016, 15-year-old Aboubakary Diawara was shot and killed in Northeast Columbus, Ohio. Officers answering a report of a shooting around 7:08 p.m. on the 2300 block of Laurelwood Drive, near 2371 Laurelwood Drive, found Diawara lying in a yard with fatal gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. He was a student at Northland High School.

Diawara’s death was one of two homicides reported in the area that evening as the community grappled with rising violent crime. The Columbus Police Department and the Ohio Attorney General’s office have appealed for public assistance; the case remains unsolved and is treated as a cold case while investigators continue to seek new leads.

If anyone has information about the shooting or the events leading up to it, please contact Columbus police to help bring answers for Aboubakary’s family.