Talib Saafir was 22 when he was shot and killed in Lima, Ohio, on September 7, 2001. The shooting happened at about 4:45 a.m. while he was walking in an alley near Madison and Kibby Streets in the company of several other people. Saafir was shot in the back and later pronounced dead at a hospital.

The death is classified as an unsolved homicide; no arrests have been made. The Lima Police Department and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation are keeping the case on public lists of unsolved homicides to raise awareness and solicit tips. Authorities say even small pieces of information could be important and are asking anyone with knowledge about the killing to submit a tip through the Ohio Attorney General’s Office.

Did anyone in the Lima area see or hear anything near Madison and Kibby Streets that morning?