Jerome Lee Saxton Jr., a 23-year-old man from Toledo, Ohio, was shot to death on the night of June 5, 2006, while driving on Lincoln Street. Saxton, born August 5, 1983, later died at CommuniCare at Waterford Commons on September 17, 2006. He worked at Best Buy and First Solar and is survived by his parents, siblings, nieces, nephews and other family and friends.

Investigators tied the killing to a confrontation involving members of a street gang known as the Nine Hundred Boys or South Side Folks. Antoine Tuggle and Brandon Calhoun were implicated in the shooting; Tuggle was indicted on multiple counts including complicity in the commission of murder, involuntary manslaughter, aggravated riot and felonious assault. The trial that began May 21, 2007, heard about 19 witnesses and received roughly 40 exhibits, and Tuggle was found guilty on four counts with the conviction upheld by the court.

Saxton’s family and friends have remembered him through memorials and tributes. If anyone knew Jerome, witnessed the shooting on Lincoln Street that night, or has information about the events leading up to it, please share what is known.