In the early hours of March 27, 2021, 19-year-old Xavier Louis-Jacques was found unconscious outside his car on Pemberton Street in Cambridge, near Rindge Field and its basketball courts. He had suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to Mount Auburn Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. A passerby had discovered him and called for help.

Xavier had just graduated high school and planned to attend Xavier University. He worked as a security guard and a DoorDash driver to pay for college, made pottery that was shown at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and collected sneakers. His mother suspects he may have been selling a pair of shoes that night; investigators, however, reported his phone, keys, and wallet with cash were found on him, and have said robbery appears unlikely.

The Middlesex District Attorney’s Office and Cambridge Police have urged anyone with information to come forward.