James Manny Wade Sr. was 45 when he was shot and killed in Framingham on January 10, 2020. First responders arrived after reports of gunfire just after 11:00 PM and found Wade in the parking lot of the Cushing Gardens apartment complex on Cushing Street; he died after being taken to MetroWest Medical Center.

Investigators from the Framingham Police Department and the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office treated the shooting as not random and focused on a single suspect, 20-year-old Joseph Jo-Jo Aponte. A warrant was issued, and Aponte was arrested on February 5, 2020, in Dorchester. He was later charged with murder, accused of planning a robbery during a marijuana transaction and fatally shooting Wade; a grand jury indicted him on first-degree murder, armed robbery, and illegal possession of a firearm. The case was transferred to Middlesex Superior Court to await trial.

If anyone knew James Wade Sr., his movements that night, or has information about the shooting or the alleged robbery, please come forward.