John C. Jones, known as JC, was 34 when he was shot and killed on the evening of November 1, 2017, in Kansas City, Missouri. He had recently returned to his hometown after high school in Omaha, trained as a barber through Job Corps, was pursuing music as a rapper, and was a newlywed and grandfather — his grandson’s first birthday was the day after his death.

Around 5:00 p.m. near 16th Street and Lister Avenue, officers responded to reports of a shooting and a subsequent vehicle collision. Jones was found inside a silver vehicle that had crashed and overturned after traveling about one city block; the car’s exterior had multiple bullet holes and Jones had sustained fatal gunshot wounds. Witnesses told police three men got into a black vehicle that pulled up near the wreckage and fled north; investigators said there may have been other people involved but no identities were established.

Jones’s mother, Annetta Authorlee, made repeated public pleas for information and a reward was offered, but no arrest had been announced and the case remained unsolved. If anyone saw the shooting or the black vehicle that left the scene, can you share what you know with investigators?