In the early morning of October 26, 2018, 18-year-old Hunter Black was shot once in the chest and killed inside his Kennewick, Washington, home on Yelm Street. Two masked men reportedly broke in just before 2:30 a.m. in what police described as a targeted home invasion and robbery. At the time, Black and his pregnant girlfriend were expecting their first child; she survived the attack.

Investigators say three men planned to rob Black of drugs and money. Lawrence Isaiah Groce and Kavonte Enoch Conley allegedly entered the bedroom armed while Wardell Eniko Joseph Braxton turned on the light. After the shot was fired and a struggle with a roommate, the assailants fled and left the shotgun behind. DNA on a shotgun shell and an alleged confession to a girlfriend are cited as key evidence.

Arrests followed years later: Groce was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, first-degree burglary and second-degree assault; Braxton pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to over 13 years. A nationwide warrant was issued for Conley. Groce’s first trial in April 2023 ended in a hung jury and a second trial was underway by September 2023.

If anyone knew Hunter, his household, or saw activity on Yelm Street that night, can you share information that might still matter to this investigation?