Jehad Alzaben’s car is still parked outside Livingston Market, but the roses left for him on his windshield have started to wilt. Alzaben was working just before midnight on May 26 when he was shot and killed, according to the Columbus Division of Police. He was taken to Grant Medical Center and died shortly after. Police are still searching for a suspect, captured on video surveillance, and investigating a possible motive. “Jehad deserves justice,” said Keisha Bates. “It is not right what happened. You took someone from the community who was loved.” Bates worked next door to Jehad for years and said he became like family for her and most of the neighborhood. “He is funny, serious. He didn’t play about his store. He didn’t play about his community,” she said. If a customer was short a few dollars, it wouldn’t be unusual for Jehad to say they could just pay later, Bates said. “All the kids — neighborhood kids — would come in there. Jehad would give them candy. He was cool with everybody,” she said. But now, Livingston Market is closed. “Long Live Jehad” has been painted on the walls, and candles and flowers sit out front. State Rep. Latyna Humphrey (D-Columbus) said Jehad was a leader in his community and frequently attended meetings to discuss how to improve Livingston Avenue. “People are frustrated because you don’t do that to good people," Humphrey said. "Violence has just got to stop in general, but you don’t do this to people who are trying to uplift the community. This should never have happened.” Humphrey said she believes curbing gun violence in the neighborhood will require not only changes to gun laws but also more investment into nonprofits. “We need to address gun violence in the statehouse. We should have been doing that a long time ago but we have got to make sure the state legislature and my colleagues are willing to dig in their purse and invest in communities that look like mine,” she said. “My advocacy is going to be making people understand we are going to continue to see people get killed, we are going to continue to see our babies go to jail, we will continue to see these types of things happening, if we don’t address it now," Humphrey added. Livingston Market is unlikely to reopen any time soon, a landlord said. Anyone with information is asked to contact Columbus Police Detective Brandt at 614-645-4077, the Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-8477.