Jayzavia Hill was 17 and due to graduate from Wilson High School when he was killed on the night of May 9, 2015. Gunfire erupted in the 1900 block of Deep Creek Boulevard in Portsmouth, Virginia, and officers arriving shortly before 11:30 p.m. found Hill fatally wounded; two other people were injured and expected to survive. Hill’s family planned a funeral instead of a graduation celebration for the fun-loving teenager.

The investigation identified five suspects. In September 2015, authorities arrested RayQwuan A. Short, 18, Jalon M. Trotter, 20, and Samking N. Beale, 18; Andre Keel, 19, and Roderick Britt, 20, were also named. All five were indicted on first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and felonious assault. Trotter denied being at the scene in a jail interview, while Short admitted being present and described a shootout involving three cars and a prior argument with Hill on social media.

Charges were dropped in January 2016 because prosecutors exceeded the Speedy Trial Act time limit, but the indictments were later refiled. Beale and Short turned themselves in; Keel, Trotter, and Britt fled and were captured in Atlanta in March 2016 after a nationwide manhunt and a tip led authorities to an apartment. Does anyone have information about Hill’s life in Portsmouth or that night on Deep Creek Boulevard?