Eighteen-year-old Jaiwuan Wadlington of Evansville was fatally shot outside the Thomason Banquet Hall in Henderson, Kentucky, on July 27, 2019, just days short of his nineteenth birthday. Two other teenagers were wounded in the same incident; both suffered leg injuries and were expected to survive.

Wadlington attended Harrison High School, played football, enjoyed basketball and rapping, and was remembered by family and friends for his contagious, beautiful smile and a joking, lighthearted way with his siblings. Police reports say the shooting followed an argument between people from Henderson and Evansville. Witnesses told investigators that after the dispute Japaris Baker, 18, began firing and struck Wadlington and the two other teens. Baker was initially arrested on an assault charge; that charge was later upgraded to murder after further investigation and witness interviews.

Did anyone in the Henderson or Evansville communities know Jaiwuan or have information about the events that night?