Cozie Arvalester-Jermaine Mathis, 21, was shot in the Claremont neighborhood of Dallas around 1 a.m. on October 30, 2020. Officers who responded to a call at the 2400 block of Wildoak Drive found Mathis with a gunshot wound; he was taken to a local hospital and died the next day.

Dallas police identified 22-year-old Jonathan Deon Middleton as the suspect and described him as 6 feet 3 inches, 180 pounds. The Dallas Police Department and the United States Marshal Task Force searched for Middleton and asked the public for tips. No arrests had been announced as of the posting date, and the Dallas homicide unit offered a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to an arrest and indictment.

The killing has had a profound effect on Mathis’s family and community. If anyone has information about the shooting or Middleton’s whereabouts, please share what is known with the Dallas homicide unit.