Fifteen-year-old Mobarak Adam was found with a fatal gunshot wound to the torso inside a boys’ bathroom at the Southwest Athletic Complex in Seattle on the afternoon of Tuesday, January 23, 2024. He was a student at Chief Sealth International High School; first responders and staff attempted life-saving measures but he died at the scene. The King County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death a homicide and it was the city’s first homicide of 2024.

Police say several young people entered the community building with Mobarak and left after the shooting. Investigators believe three teenage boys were with him, but those youths have not cooperated; under Washington law juveniles must have access to an attorney before police questioning. There was no murder weapon recovered and the surveillance cameras inside the teen life center were not functioning and reportedly had been broken for more than a year, leaving investigators without video evidence.

Mobarak’s family, classmates, and community members have held walkouts and rallies calling for answers, working cameras at public facilities, and added safety measures. Does anyone who knew Mobarak or was at the Southwest Athletic Complex that afternoon have information that could help investigators?