On August 7, 2005, 19-year-old Martez Avery of Columbus, Ohio, was fatally shot while riding as a passenger on Interstate 70 West. The vehicle had recently left the Big Easy Bar on Brice Road, and the shooting occurred between 2:30 a.m. and 2:45 a.m. as the car travelled west between Interstate 270 and Hamilton Road. Reports say a black, four-door vehicle approached Avery’s car and a gunshot was fired, killing him the same day.

The Columbus Police Department and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation have investigated but no suspects have been publicly identified and the homicide remains unsolved. The case is included in the state’s unsolved homicides initiative, and authorities are asking anyone with information to contact the agencies handling the investigation.

Did anyone in the area that night see a black four-door vehicle or have information about who might have been involved?