Jesse Thomas Moffitt, 45, of Newark, Ohio, was shot and killed on May 11, 2018. He had been at a friend’s house on Hancock Street when a verbal altercation with 29-year-old Glenn Priest of Johnstown escalated and Priest shot Moffitt before fleeing in a gold pickup truck.

Family and friends remember Moffitt as a jovial man who loved family, food, and fast cars, and as a loving father and grandfather. He had served 18 months in prison for assaulting a Newark police officer in 2015 and was reportedly trying to turn his life around.

Priest was arrested the day after the shooting. Moffitt’s family continues to honor his memory and the joy he brought into their lives.

Did anyone in the Newark area see or hear anything on Hancock Street around May 11, 2018 that could shed more light on what happened?