Jimmy Stanback was 25 when he was shot to death in Minneapolis on May 7, 2016. Reports place the shooting in an alley just outside his father’s home on the North Side, a detail that underlines how close the violence came to family space. He was a father himself, and his death became part of a broader pattern of shootings that spring and summer in the neighborhood.

The killing drew public attention through the grief of those who survived him. His mother, Takisha Randle, spoke about the ongoing pain, and his father, Jimmy Stanback Sr., a known anti-violence advocate in north Minneapolis, continued urging community intervention even while publicly grieving.

Did anyone in the community have contact with Jimmy in the days before May 7, 2016, or recall seeing him near his father’s home that night?