Sincere Laishaun Morrow was 19 when he was fatally shot in the front yard of a residence in the 900 block of Baughman Street in Akron on December 30, 2020. He was found with gunshot wounds about 11:15 p.m. and later died at a local hospital; his death was recorded as Akron’s 50th homicide of 2020.

Akron police arrested 21-year-old Tayunte Griffin at the same address where the shooting took place and charged him with Morrow’s murder, the arrest said to be based on evidence linking Griffin to the crime. Morrow’s family and community remembered him as a bright young man who had taken part in the COMPASS program at Akron Municipal Court and who had scored 1200 on the SAT without studying.

What details about that night or the people involved might help explain how this happened, or who else might have information?