Jayme Lee Smith Sr., 29, was fatally shot in the chest in Cleveland’s Slavic Village neighborhood on December 9, 2019. Officers found him on the ground in the 3600 block of East 59th Street shortly after 2 a.m.; he was taken to MetroHealth Medical Center and later pronounced dead.

Smith worked as a security officer and investigators say he had witnessed a murder before he was killed. A 24-year-old man named Earl Franklin Jr. was charged with aggravated murder in connection with Smith’s death. The case remains under investigation and no arrests have been announced in connection with the killing.

Smith is remembered as a dedicated security officer and a member of his neighborhood. If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Smith, please share what you know with the investigators handling the case.