Jaquice Nasir Ja Kearney was 16 when he was fatally shot on April 26, 2021, near the intersection of 30th Street and Salem Turnpike NW in Roanoke, Virginia. A student at Patrick Henry High School who hoped to become an engineer, he was remembered by his mother as a loving and respectful youngest child of four. Another teenager was shot the same afternoon; both were taken to the hospital and Jaquice later died.

Police said everyone involved was known to each other. Two juveniles were arrested quickly; one, 15 at the time of the shooting and later identified in court records as being 16 by July 2022, faced second-degree murder, aggravated assault and two counts of using a firearm in the commission of a felony. In July 2022 that defendant pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in Roanoke; details of any sentence were not widely reported.

Did anyone in the community know Jaquice or have information about the events that afternoon?