On the night of November 30, 2016, 22-year-old Sha Rif was found with gunshot wounds in the parking lot of a Marathon gas station at Lafayette Street and South Clinton Street in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was discovered around 1:45 a.m. near the store’s front door, taken to a local hospital in critical condition, and died shortly after arrival.

Investigators learned Rif had been at a party earlier that evening. Witnesses told police an acquaintance, Marquavious Jones, asked Rif for a ride; Rif agreed and the two men and a third person left together in Rif’s car. Witnesses said Jones directed Rif to the gas station, and some reported Jones had long harbored dislike and jealousy toward Rif. A probable cause affidavit later described testimony that Jones bragged about the killing, with one witness saying the gun first discharged inside the car and that Jones then unloaded it on Rif.

Jones was arrested in June 2017 and charged with murder and a firearm enhancement. At an Allen County trial in August 2018 the defense attacked witness credibility, noting changed statements and possible motives to cooperate. After about three hours of deliberation, the jury returned a not guilty verdict on both counts.

Does anyone have additional information about Rif’s last hours or who else was in the car that night?