A memorial gathering in the Dayton’s Bluff neighborhood of Saint Paul on the evening of October 14, 2015, ended in tragedy when gunfire erupted around 6 p.m. Synika George James, a 37-year-old Black man, was among people gathered in an alley at Cypress Street and Reaney Avenue to honor Naressa NuNu Turner. Witnesses say a vehicle pulled up and occupants opened fire into the crowd. James reportedly pushed children out of the line of fire and was struck; he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.

Investigators recovered shell casings from two different types of firearms, suggesting more than one gun was used.

Does anyone who attended that vigil or was in the neighborhood that night have information that could help move this investigation forward?