On the morning of May 22, 2020, 30-year-old Ryan L. Franklin of West Haverstraw was shot and severely wounded on South Midland Avenue in the village of Nyack. Orangetown Police responded around 10:05 a.m. and found him between Depew Avenue and Main Street. Authorities said the shooter stole Franklin’s cellphone after the shooting.

Police identified 33-year-old Jason Max Jabouin, who had addresses listed in Haverstraw and Fayetteville, North Carolina, as the primary suspect. Jabouin fled New York but was stopped during a traffic stop in Maryland and taken into custody less than 24 hours after the incident. He was returned to Rockland County, arraigned virtually and held at the county jail.

The case was resolved through a plea: in May 2021 Jabouin pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter and in November 2021 was sentenced to 20 years in state prison followed by five years of post-release supervision. The exact details of the confrontation that led to the shooting have not been publicly disclosed.

Did anyone in the Nyack area witness the shooting or see activity on South Midland Avenue that morning?