On the evening of September 27, 2018, a shooting near 1651 Blue Hill Avenue in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood left 27-year-old Juanquis Hicks critically wounded. Hicks, a Black/African American man from Hyde Park, was discovered after a call came in at about 8:50 p.m.; officers found him suffering from a gunshot wound and he was taken to hospital, where he later died.

Police classified the death as a homicide and opened an active investigation. Authorities publicly identified Hicks in the days afterward but released no details about suspects or a motive. No arrests have been announced and the case remains unsolved.

If anyone saw activity near 1651 Blue Hill Avenue that night or has information about Hicks’s death, please come forward to the Boston Police Department.