Austin Michael Hargrave-Evans, 19, was fatally shot in Petersburg, Virginia, on Saturday, May 22, 2021. Born February 2, 2002, to William T. Evans III and Marika Hargrave, he was active in Greater Faith A.M.E. Zion Church as a choir member, youth usher, and praise dancer, and is mourned by his parents, brothers, grandparents and extended family.

The Petersburg Police Department opened a homicide investigation after the shooting, but details about the circumstances have not been widely released. As of late 2021 no suspects had been publicly identified and no arrests were reported, and the case is listed among Petersburg’s unsolved homicides.

Anyone with information about Austin’s death or who may have been in the area on May 22, 2021, is asked to come forward.