Billy Scott Jr. was an 18-year-old senior at Grant Union High School in Sacramento who was fatally shot on the night of May 31, 2023, hours before his scheduled graduation. He was in a car with two others in the North Highlands area when someone approached and fired into the vehicle, striking him. Despite his injury, Scott drove to the intersection of Grand Avenue and Marysville Boulevard near his school and flagged down a Twin Rivers School Resource Officer; he was taken to a local hospital and died early the next morning.

The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation and on June 3, 2023, arrested a 17-year-old male in connection with the killing. Authorities said Scott had been trying to sell a replica firearm to the suspect when the shooting occurred, but it is unclear whether the shooting followed discovery that the gun was fake or was a premeditated robbery. The school community mourned; at graduation Scott’s father, Billy Scott Sr., wore his son’s cap and gown and walked in his place.

If anyone knew Billy, saw him that night, or has information about the incident, please share what you know.