Marcus Primes was 18 when he was shot and killed on January 28, 2002, outside a location at 820 N. Howard Street in Akron, Ohio.

The Akron Police Department classifies the case as an unsolved homicide; no suspect or suspects have been publicly identified and the circumstances of the shooting remain unclear. The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Ohio Attorney General’s Office have been involved to assist with the investigation and to raise public awareness as this remains an open cold case.

Marcus’s family and community continue to seek answers and investigators have asked anyone with information to submit a tip to authorities.