On the final night of 2015, 16-year-old Jihad Jackson, known to friends as J-Rock, was killed by a single gunshot to the head in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens. He was found unresponsive by police at the corner of 109th Avenue and Merrick Boulevard and was pronounced dead at the scene, recorded as the last homicide victim in New York City that year.

Jihad, a Rosedale resident who had recently returned from a family trip to Washington, D.C., had been at a friend’s house on New Year’s Eve when a gun was discharged. Initial reports said police were questioning two people and no arrest had been made in the shooting. Investigators later arrested three people on charges of tampering with physical evidence: 18-year-old Eduardo Placencia, his 49-year-old mother Natalie Placencia, and her 48-year-old boyfriend Dorian Carr. Officers reported evidence that Jihad’s body had been moved from the Placencia residence on Merrick Boulevard to the street, and a bloody cloth was found in nearby bushes; the firearm had not been recovered and the investigation was ongoing.

Hundreds attended his funeral to mourn the teenager. Does anyone who was in the neighborhood that night or who knew Jihad have information that could help the case?