James Jamison Oliver, 43, was fatally shot on July 2, 2017, near the rear of 224 E. Boyd St. in Downtown Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner‑Coroner classified his death as a homicide. Reports say Oliver was targeted, but no motive has been established.

The Los Angeles Police Department opened an investigation and appealed to the public for information. The location’s high crime rate and a reluctance among potential witnesses complicated evidence collection. In the months after the shooting there were no immediate arrests or publicly identified suspects and the case remained open.

Anyone with information about James Jamison Oliver’s death or who was in the area near 224 E. Boyd St. on July 2, 2017 is asked to contact investigators. What do readers remember from that night or the surrounding days?