Deshawn Patterson was 21 when he was found dead from a gunshot wound in an apartment complex on Indianapolis’ northwest side on the evening of Wednesday, July 20, 2016. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department opened a homicide investigation after his body was discovered during a summer marked by a surge in violence affecting the city’s younger residents.

His death is recorded among Indianapolis’ unsolved homicides, leaving his family and community without closure.

If anyone knew Deshawn, was in that northwest-side neighborhood that evening, or has information relevant to the investigation, please come forward and share what you know.