Nathan Adriel Ward, 42, was shot and killed on the evening of December 21, 2017, in the 3300 block of Jefferson Street in Muskegon Heights, Michigan. Police say he was shot inside a residence around 9 p.m., ran across the street and then collapsed, later dying of his injuries.

Investigators quickly focused on a suspect. The day after the shooting a 21-year-old, Masson Bryant, turned himself in and was charged with open murder and a felony firearm offense. At trial, a witness testified that he and Nathan had gone to the house to buy cocaine and that an altercation broke out in which Nathan begged for his life and mentioned his family and children. Although drugs were found at the scene, Nathan’s fiancée said she believed he had been accompanying a friend rather than involved in a deal.

Nathan’s family described him as a devoted father and fiancé who had been trying to turn his life around and was planning to open a metal fabrication business to employ people with troubled pasts. Does anyone have memories of Nathan or information about that night that could help fill gaps in the timeline?