Ronald Parker, a 45-year-old Black man and father of five, was found dead behind the wheel of a crashed Acura in South Trenton on December 17, 2017. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds, including one to the chest, and was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:05 a.m. The vehicle had struck a fence near Asbury and Steamboat streets.

Parker’s family said he had spent about a decade in prison on a drug conviction and for a parole violation but that his wife, Adrian Clayborn-Parker, believed he had left that life behind and was caring for his ailing father in Trenton while the rest of the family lived in Atlanta. In the hours before the shooting he had taken a phone call from a woman and given her a ride, a detail his wife found suspicious.

The shooting was recorded as Trenton’s 22nd homicide of the year. No suspects or arrests were announced in the immediate aftermath. If anyone knew Ronald, the vehicle involved, or saw activity near Asbury and Steamboat streets that night, please come forward with information.