The girls basketball season begins Friday night with a jamboree at Jefferson High School with five scrimmages, including a contest at 6:15 p.m. between Washington and Marion.

A year ago, Tasha Roundtree would have played in that game for the Warriors. She seemed like a great kid, full of energy and fun, popular with her teammates and a pretty good player, good enough to be invited to play at William Penn University.

Roundtree was shot and killed more than seven weeks ago. No arrests have been made and the Cedar Rapids police department will not comment on the case.

Initially, people with information about the shooting said the police had a suspect and an arrest could be made shortly. Perhaps the suspect fled the area and is hiding somewhere, but in any case the culprit has not been apprehended.

Lt. Craig Furnish of the Cedar Rapids Police Department has been in charge of the case. He is a good man and a good officer. He undoubtedly is pursuing all leads and all angles, but so far the shooter remains at large.

A $5,000 reward has been offered in the case, apparently by a member of the community who wants to make sure justice is served. So far, nothing.

This is a frightening situation. It should frighten us all. A young resident of Cedar Rapids was shot on Saturday night, Sept. 22 in the southwest part of town and died a few hours later.

The circumstances of her death have not been explained. There are different theories, but nothing official. It's best not to speculate.

Some people have suggested Roundtree led two lives. There was the vibrant life she led at Washington High School, and there was the dangerous life she led away from school. Few details are available, and again it's best not to speculate.

Friends and family members packed the Gospel Tabernacle Church in northeast Cedar Rapids to say goodbye to Roundtree on Sept. 29, a week after the shooting. It was an incredibly moving service, filled with agony and tears.

The pastor admonished people to make good choices in their lives. At the end of the service, he asked an assistant to place a large trash barrel at the front of the room so people could symbolically dump items they didn't need on the way out, shortly after they had passed Roundtree's open casket.

The pastor put guns on that list of things to throw away.

Let's not forget Tasha Roundtree. If you have helpful information, tell the police. They will protect your identity, if necessary.

Don't do it for the $5,000 reward. Do it because it's the right thing to do.