Family members joined police and Los Angeles city officials on Thursday to announce a $50,000 reward to help solve the slaying of a beloved father who was shot and killed while walking on a South LA street late last year.
Moses Nelson, father and brother, was walking near 57th Street and Naomi Avenue the morning of Nov. 23, 2014, when a man riding a bicycle came toward him, Los Angeles police said.
The man on the bicycle then shot Nelson several times, killing him, police said.
Nelson's family spoke at a news conference Thursday and said he was raising three children while recovering from the loss of his own mother in 2009.
"I wish my son was still here, it's a big loss in the family," Nelson's father Eligh said. "The family's hurting, sisters and brothers and nieces and nephews. His kids (are) really taking it hard. I wish that somebody would come forward and let us know who'd done it."
The LA City Council approved a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Nelson's killer. The man riding the mountain bicycle was described as 18 to 20 years old, wearing a red and gray sweatshirt at the time of the killing.