On the evening of May 10, 2020, 18-year-old Conner Dassa-Holland was fatally shot outside his family’s home in the Rainier Beach neighborhood of Seattle. Conner had gone out to move the family car and was struck while inside the vehicle; his mother, Alicia Dassa, rushed to him and he died in her arms. The shooting occurred on Mother’s Day and shattered a community that remembered him as Rainier Beach High School’s football captain, senior class president, a mentor and suicide prevention counselor, and an academically accomplished student who had been accepted to nineteen colleges before choosing the University of Washington.

Seattle Police homicide detectives list the death as an active, open investigation. No arrests have been announced and no motive has been released. Investigators have shared surveillance video that shows a vehicle speeding away from the scene moments after the shots were fired, and a cash reward has been offered for information that leads to an arrest. If anyone knew Conner or has information about that night, please come forward and share what was seen or heard.