On the night of August 17, 2013, 18-year-old Garrick Lamont Ellis was shot and killed in Richmond, Virginia. Ellis, a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School described as vibrant and lovable, was walking with friends toward a party in the 3000 block of 4th Avenue when the group briefly crossed paths with another set of people leaving the same event. Witnesses heard three small pops, at first thought to be firecrackers; Ellis cried out that he had been hit and collapsed a short time later in a parking lot on East Brookland Park Boulevard.

He was taken to VCU Medical Center and died later that night from a small-caliber gunshot wound to the neck. Detectives said Ellis was likely not the intended target, but despite an investigation and family appeals, no suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced.

Does anyone who was in that area the night of August 17, 2013, or who knew Garrick have information that could help the case?