Rawsheem Aponte was 24 when he was shot and killed on April 26, 2022, on Youngstown’s South Side. He was driving during a multi-vehicle chase that ended when his car reached a dead end on Mohawk Avenue; gunfire struck him while he was in the vehicle. His fiancée, Rekia Wright, was wounded and their 3-year-old child was also injured in the same incident.

Police identified 22-year-old Vashuad May as the shooter. Wright, the main eyewitness, repeatedly identified May despite him wearing a mask. Video evidence shown at trial reportedly captured May firing into Aponte’s car and was linked to how he held a rifle in a rap video made a few days earlier. May was found guilty of aggravated murder, attempted murder, and felonious assault and was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.

The incident followed an ongoing feud between Aponte and members of May’s family that investigators believed provided a motive. Does anyone have information about Aponte’s final movements that evening or saw the chase on Mohawk Avenue?