Jay Ford was 25 when he was found on Temple Street in Syracuse with a fatal gunshot wound on Christmas Eve 2017. The shooting ended a young life on a night that normally brings family and celebration, and it left questions for Ford’s relatives and the neighborhood.

Investigators carried the case into 2018. In late January, police arrested 30-year-old Rafael Jackson after a traffic stop on the city’s east side. Authorities linked Jackson to the Temple Street killing and to a separate shooting two months earlier in which a 20-year-old man was wounded on the city’s south side. Ballistics and investigative work led to murder and assault charges; Jackson was held at the Onondaga County Justice Center as the legal process began.

Who knew Jay, where he spent his time, or who might have information about the Temple Street shooting?