Seventeen-year-old Oswin Fernando Ortiz was shot and killed in Indianapolis on September 11, 2019. Ortiz, a junior at Perry Meridian High School who enjoyed football and weightlifting, was found unconscious with at least one gunshot wound in the 300 block of West Edwards Avenue shortly before 11 p.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene. When his father asked who had shot him, Ortiz could only say Snapchat and point to his phone.

Investigators traced Ortiz’s Snapchat activity to an arranged sale of THC cartridges and identified an 18-year-old, Joshua Grow, as the person he had met through the app. Prosecutors say messages showed Grow searching for someone to rob hours before the encounter. Ortiz’s death was counted among the city’s juvenile homicides in 2019 and drew attention to how social media played a role in the meeting that turned deadly.

If anyone knew Oswin, saw him that night, or has information about his contacts on Snapchat, please share what is known.