Sixteen-year-old Jamar Avery Muse was fatally shot after a party in Roanoke, Virginia, on the night of August 12, 2023. A student at Patrick Henry High School, he enjoyed rap music, swimming, basketball and football and had been raised by his grandmother, Patricia Ann Dennis, since infancy. Responding officers found Jamar outside the 100 block of Patton Avenue Northwest just after midnight; he was transported to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital and later died of a gunshot wound to the back. A second teenager was injured in the same incident and taken to hospital for treatment.

Detectives interviewed multiple witnesses who were at the party and were told a man known as Ricco opened fire into the crowd. That witness information helped investigators identify a suspect in the killing. Few other public details about the shooting have been shared; the family’s grief remains central to the case. If anyone attended that gathering or has information about who Ricco might be, please share what is known with investigators.