Javel Bates, a 40-year-old African American man, was shot outside his half-brother Ronald Lewis’ home in Youngstown, Ohio, on March 8, 2017. Bates returned to Lewis’ house later that day with his car riddled with bullet holes and a large amount of blood in the vehicle. He was taken to hospital and died of his injuries on March 22, 2017.

Bates told Lewis that Gregory James and another unidentified person shot him. No one has been charged in connection with Bates’ killing, and the case remains unsolved. Detectives from the Youngstown Police Department, including Detective David Sweeney, handled the investigation. Lewis was later killed on March 24, 2017; Gregory James was charged in Lewis’ murder and convicted on multiple counts, and prosecutors sought to use Lewis’ dying declaration about Bates during that trial.

What information can anyone in the Youngstown area share about Bates, his movements on March 8, 2017, or the identity of the other person he named?