On Christmas Eve in Detroit, 33-year-old bassist Anthony Tolson was killed in a carjacking after leaving a church service. Tolson had been driving to his mother’s house with Christmas presents for his three young children when he was ambushed at the intersection of Gratiot Avenue and State Fair at about 9:30 p.m. He was shot and the assailants fled in his gray Chevrolet Trailblazer; the vehicle, Tolson’s bass guitar and the gifts were later found abandoned and burned on the city’s west side.

Church groups and volunteers canvassed neighborhoods and the Detroit Police Department received numerous tips. Within weeks investigators identified and arrested three suspects: Charles Cox, 33; Darnell Gene-Arthur Young, 18; and Devan Williams, 28. Young admitted he targeted Tolson for the SUV’s rims, said he shot Tolson multiple times and pulled him from the vehicle, and described kicking him as he lay on the ground before fleeing.

All three men were convicted and sentenced: Young pleaded guilty to second-degree murder (33 to 60 years), Cox was convicted of first-degree murder, felony murder, carjacking and other charges and received life without parole, and Williams pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and a gun charge (11 to 40 years).

Did anyone who knew Tolson or saw activity around Gratiot Avenue and State Fair that night come forward with information?