Juwan Howard was 19 and from Sacramento when he was shot dead on December 21, 2013. The shooting happened outside a convenience store on the 8000 block of Florin Road while Howard was sitting inside a vehicle. After being shot through the car window, he drove a short distance to get help from friends but died shortly thereafter; fire personnel on scene pronounced him dead.

Investigators determined Howard and 19-year-old Taejuan Jackson were acquainted and that a confrontation had occurred between two groups of young men—one group associated with Howard, the other with Jackson—before the shooting. Detectives concluded Jackson fired into Howard’s vehicle, striking him in the upper body.

Jackson was arrested and charged with murder, assault with a deadly weapon, and discharge of a firearm at a vehicle; he was held without bail at the Sacramento County Main Jail. On December 12, 2014, Jackson was sentenced to 50 years to life for Howard’s murder. Did anyone who knew Juwan or was in that area on December 21, 2013, see anything that could help clarify what happened?