Rodney Ellis Sutphin, 22, was found fatally shot behind the wheel of a running minivan at Mulberry Street and Nottingham Way in Trenton, New Jersey, in the early hours of October 19, 2014. Police arrived about 1:19 a.m.; Sutphin was pronounced dead at the scene. He was a lifelong Trenton resident and attended the city’s public schools.

No arrests were announced and investigators did not publicly identify suspects. Family members say they feel the case has not received adequate attention and contend the family name, linked to Rodney’s uncle Lawrence Sutphin, influenced the investigation. Police reportedly told the family the bullets were intended for the van’s owner, not Rodney. During the later trial of Shaheed Brown in the July 2014 killing of Enrico Smalley Jr., a defense theory implicated Sutphin as having ordered that murder; Sutphin’s grandmother denied the claim.

No one has been charged in Rodney Sutphin’s killing and the homicide remains unsolved. If anyone knew Rodney, his movements that night, or has information about the shooting, please share what is known.