Jonathan Alem was 25 when he was shot and killed outside an eatery in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston on September 6, 1998. He was a Black male; the shooting prompted a major police investigation at the time and remains a violent, unresolved death.

Three men were identified, arrested and tried for Alem’s killing. The prosecution presented its case at trial, but a jury returned not guilty verdicts for all three defendants. After those acquittals, no other suspects were publicly identified or charged in connection with the homicide.

The case remains unsolved and the Alem family and community were left without a legal resolution. Does anyone have information about that night in Roxbury or recall details that could help reopen leads?