On the evening of March 16, 2005, 25-year-old Leon Leslie Bocage Jr., known as Big L, was fatally shot at 780 Shawmut Avenue in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood. Boston Police found Bocage with gunshot wounds and he was pronounced dead at the scene; the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner later ruled his death a homicide.

Bocage was Black/African American and was engaged to Sherelle Lee; the couple were expecting a daughter, Jalissa. His obituary named his parents as Ethel Duncan and Leon Bocage Sr., and a memorial fund was established for the unborn child.

The murder remains unsolved and the case is open with the Boston Police Department. No suspects or arrests have been publicly identified. If anyone has information about the shooting or was in the area that evening, please come forward with tips that could help bring answers.