Seventeen-year-old Shawn Scott Jr., a Union High School junior from Vancouver, Washington, was killed on April 11, 2017, in Holladay Park in northeast Portland. He was pronounced dead at the scene from a single gunshot wound; authorities later ruled the death a homicide.

What began as an apparent transaction involving alcohol escalated after a brief interval when the three returned and surrounded him. The confrontation reportedly centered on a designer belt Scott was wearing. One of the men, identified as Kole Jones, pulled a handgun, struck Scott on the head with it and the firearm discharged, killing the teenager. The three fled the scene.

Arrests followed; the three were identified as Kole Jones, Miguel Thompson and Malique Kinnerly-Hicks, and each later pleaded guilty to charges tied to the robbery and Scott’s death. A statement by Shawn’s mother, Natasha Hunter, expressing the family’s profound loss, was read at sentencing.

If anyone knew Shawn, saw him in Holladay Park that day, or has information relevant to the case, please share what is known.