Donté Lee Ward was 19 when he was one of four young people shot to death outside a Huntington home in the early morning hours of May 22, 2005. The victims — Ward, Eddrick Clark, Michael Dillon and Megan Poston — had been together after Huntington High School’s prom when gunfire erupted at about 4:30 a.m. outside 1410 Charleston Avenue, a crime that became known locally as the Prom Night Murders.

Investigators came to suspect Ward may have been the intended target and that the killings were retaliation tied to a drug dispute involving marijuana alleged to have been taken from Cherylethia Bunny Holmes, a Detroit-linked dealer. A man identified as Jamal LaRonne Ray (also known as Jamal Douglas) was implicated by cooperating witnesses; one witness, Shannon Dennis, later gave a statement saying he watched Ray commit the shootings and helped leave the scene and dispose of the weapon in the Ohio River. Ray pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms after investigators found weapons at his home, but he was never charged in the quadruple homicide.

Despite witness statements, vehicle evidence, and public statements tying Holmes to ordering the attack, no one has been tried or convicted for the Prom Night Murders. Does anyone have information about that night or the people involved who could help move this cold case forward?