Jario Ismeal Bamaca Hernandez was 20 when he was shot and killed in the early morning hours of Friday, June 27, 2008, in Memphis, Tennessee. The shooting occurred at Willow Lake Apartments, 2453 Ketchum #8; officers responded about 1:34 AM after a gunshot was reported. Paramedics from the Memphis Fire Department treated Hernandez at the scene but he was pronounced dead there. His death was recorded as the city’s 81st homicide that year.

An investigation was opened to determine what happened and who was responsible, but no immediate suspects were identified and no arrests were made. The case remains open and the family has not had answers about why he was killed.

If anyone knew Jario Hernandez or has information about that night at Willow Lake Apartments, please come forward.