Joseph Anthony Ponder was 26 when he was shot and killed on November 1, 2015, in a grocery store parking lot in the Colina Del Sol neighborhood of San Diego. The shooting happened in the early morning after an altercation between Ponder’s group—he was with his sister and two friends—and another group of people. Shots were fired into Ponder’s car; he and another man, Deon Fontaine Peterson, died at the scene despite rescue efforts. Ponder’s sister was in the car and held him as he died, leaving the family devastated.

The suspects fled immediately after the shooting and the San Diego Police Department urged anyone with information to come forward. Ponder’s mother, Catherine Pollard, publicly appealed for justice and spoke about the impact of the loss on the family, especially Ponder’s young daughter who will grow up without her father.

If anyone has information about the November 1, 2015, shooting in Colina Del Sol or remembers seeing suspicious activity that night, please share what you know with the San Diego police.