Timothy J. Gordon Jr., 29, was working as a cab driver for City Taxi Co. in Syracuse when he was shot on January 30, 2009. While driving on Summit Avenue Gordon was shot in the head; he managed to drive away but crashed his taxi and died at University Hospital on January 31, 2009.

The investigation led to arrests of DeJesus, Trinidad, and 19-year-old Chucky Phillips. Prosecutors said the three conspired to rob Gordon over a fare of about twenty dollars and a few hundred dollars. DeJesus identified Phillips as the shooter and said Trinidad passed the gun to Phillips. Phillips later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and received a 20-year sentence; DeJesus pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and was sentenced to 15 years. Trinidad went to trial, was convicted of murder, attempted robbery, and criminal possession of a weapon, and received a 25-year sentence for the murder plus 15 years for the weapon charge.

Did anyone in Syracuse at the time recall seeing a City Taxi cab or those three men on Summit Avenue that night?