The early morning of May 24, 2016, ended in violence at the Rockwell Gardens Complex in Oklahoma City. Neighbors heard gunshots near Northwest 13th Street and Rockwell Avenue; around 6 a.m. a neighbor found 42-year-old Joseph Jackson, a Black man and a popular barber originally from Monroe, Louisiana, dead in the garage of his townhouse. Investigators estimated he had been killed about five hours earlier, near 1 a.m.

The garage scene pointed to a violent encounter. Jackson had been shot multiple times and evidence suggested a struggle near the entrance as he retreated toward his house. There were no signs of forced entry, so investigators believed he may have known whoever opened the door. Forensic teams collected prints and an empty soda bottle found near his body; the bottle contained a DNA profile that did not match Jackson and was uploaded to national databases in 2016 but produced no matches, and reruns in later years also yielded no identification.

No arrests have been announced and no suspects publicly identified, leaving the case cold and Jackson’s family seeking answers. Did anyone in the Rockwell Gardens area that night notice anything unusual or someone leaving a garage or townhouse near Northwest 13th Street and Rockwell Avenue?