Michael Knighton Jr., a 22-year-old rapper from Jacksonville, Florida, was shot and killed on December 24, 2019. The shooting happened near the Gateway Town Center in Jacksonville’s Northside, at Norwood Plaza, a strip mall across from the shopping center. Someone fired into the car Knighton was riding in; he was dead when the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office arrived. A woman with him suffered serious injuries and was taken to a hospital, while two children in the vehicle were unharmed. Witnesses said they heard three or four shots but, because it was dark, could not see exactly what happened.

The killing was counted as Jacksonville’s 154th homicide of the year. Investigators described an outstanding suspect but released little information at first, and there were no immediate arrests publicly announced. The case remained under investigation and the Sheriff’s Office sought leads from the public. If anyone was in the Northside area around Norwood Plaza on the night of December 24, 2019, can you help with information that might advance the investigation?