Syncere Dixon was 19 when he was shot and killed in Sacramento on September 21, 2019. A recent graduate of Grant High School who was attending college in Texas and planning a transfer, Dixon was back home and sitting in the passenger seat of a car with friends in the Del Paso Heights area that afternoon. At about 3:45 p.m. the vehicle was ambushed and Dixon was fatally shot. His girlfriend, who had spoken with him by phone minutes earlier, described him as the love of her life and someone she saw a future with.

The Sacramento Police Department opened an investigation but initially identified no suspects. The community and Dixon’s family held memorials and cookouts to honor him and raise funds for his funeral; he was remembered as caring and determined, someone who had overcome challenges to pursue education and his goals. What leads, witnesses, or evidence could still help explain why Syncere was targeted?