On the evening of December 2, 2017, in Cleveland, Ohio, 21-year-old Jared Plesec, a Salvation Army worker and Bible study teacher, was shot in the head and killed in the lobby of his apartment building. He was holding a Bible when he was shot; residents witnessed the killing and some recorded and streamed it on Facebook Live. The shooter, 27-year-old William Jones, made several recorded post-shooting statements including Fuck Trump, A life for a life, and I did it fo y’all, man.

After the lobby killing Jones went on a 63-minute crime spree that included multiple attempted carjackings and shootings; he was captured in Lakewood, Ohio. The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office said the murder appeared to be racially motivated and worked with the FBI to consider federal hate crime charges. Jones later pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and other counts and was sentenced to life without parole. The Salvation Army held a service for Plesec; family and community members remembered his devout faith and outreach work.

Does anyone have memories of Jared’s community work or information about security at that apartment complex?