Xaivion Benson was 16 when he was found with a gunshot wound in an alley between Monroe and Warsaw streets on the southeast side of Fort Wayne in the early hours of Thursday, March 31, 2016. Police located him shortly after 3 a.m.; he was taken to a hospital but died a couple of hours later. The Allen County Coroner ruled the death a homicide and listed Benson as the county’s eighth homicide victim that year.

Fort Wayne police opened an investigation and appealed to the public for information, but no suspect or arrest had been announced. The case remains open and unsolved, leaving family and community members seeking answers.

If anyone was in that area that night or has information about Xaivion Benson’s death, please come forward to assist investigators.