Jerell Bland was 20 when he was fatally shot in Memphis, Tennessee, on the evening of Wednesday, March 15, 2017. A Black man known to family and friends as 7 Jellybean, he was a father and worked as a stocker at Helen of Troy. The shooting is described only in brief: he was killed by gunfire that night, and the Memphis Police Department opened a homicide investigation.

Investigators worked the case in the days and weeks that followed, but the investigation went cold; no arrests or suspects have been publicly identified. Reports as late as September 2017 noted the case remained active with no new leads. The family’s loss and the absence of answers persist.

If anyone knew Jerell, saw activity around the scene on March 15, 2017, or has information that could help, please come forward.