Lavon Spaights was 22 when he was fatally shot on the West Side of Syracuse in the winter of 2014. The shooting followed a dispute between Spaights and another man. Spaights’ girlfriend called in an attempt to defuse the situation, but the conflict escalated and ended in gunfire. After he was shot, Spaights placed one final phone call to his mother before he died.

Investigators arrested a suspect who was arraigned in the Shonnard Street homicide. Spaights’ family was left to cope with a sudden, violent loss that began as a peacemaking effort and ended in tragedy.

If anyone knew Lavon, witnessed the incident, or has information about the events on Shonnard Street that night, please come forward and share what you know.