On the evening of October 1, 2020, gunfire on Douglas Avenue in Providence, Rhode Island, ended the life of 21-year-old Jacob Jake Lemire. He and a friend were driving when both were struck in the back by bullets fired by an unknown assailant. The car traveled a short distance and crashed; emergency responders were called and initially treated the scene as a crash, but it became a homicide investigation. Jacob died in the ambulance; his friend survived despite critical wounds, including a bullet through the lungs.

Police say there is video from the area that night, though investigators have not released footage and state it does not show the shooting itself. No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced, and the investigation has continued under successive detectives as some original investigators retired. The family believes Jacob was not the intended target, leaving lingering questions about motive and who fired those shots.

If anyone has information about Jacob, the vehicle that night, or the events on Douglas Avenue after the shooting, please come forward.