A Fourth of July block party on Detroit’s east side ended in tragedy when 21-year-old Lamonte Jacobs was shot shortly after midnight on July 5, 2016, in the 5300 block of Cooper Street. Jacobs was struck during the chaos as the crowd scattered and died of his wounds the next day, leaving behind a young son and a grieving family.

Investigators faced an immediate obstacle: despite many people being at the party, very few witnesses cooperated. Law enforcement and Jacobs’s family cited a prevailing code of silence in the neighborhood that has hindered the probe. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests had been announced through early 2020.

Crime Stoppers and Lamonte’s father, Willie Clark III, have publicly appealed for tips and offered reward money for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Does anyone who was in that area the night of July 5, 2016 remember details that could help bring Lamonte’s killer to justice?