Tampa Police are hoping for new leads on an unsolved murder.

Jynasis Ellis, 26, was shot and killed March 29, 2012 as she sat in a car at a drive-through with her friend, Malik Majeid.

Tampa police believe there were a number of witnesses to the murder, but none have come forward to help solve the case.

“This is a neighborhood restaurant. You will recognize somebody if you know them, even if they’re covered up,” said Tampa Police Department Detective Rachael Cholnik.

There is security camera video of the murder, but it only shows a dark figure walk up to the car and open fire. Despite the video and witnesses, Tampa police say no one has come forward with information that could help lead to an arrest.

“Unfortunately that’s the way that some people live, that they don’t get involved, they think it’s not their business and they won’t participate in police investigations, they won’t help us try to help the victims in these cases,” said Cholnik.

Jynasis Ellis had a stable job as a pharmacy technician and had dreams of becoming a model according to her family.

“She thought she was thicker than a snicker, that was her favorite saying, but you know she was bubbly she was bright, she was very smart,” said her mother Joy Ellis.

She also had no criminal history and no apparent problems with anyone, but police believe Majeid may have been involved in a dispute and shooting at Ben T. Davis beach in Tampa just days before the murder.

“She was living her life, she was not involved in any of these disputes. She was not fighting with anybody that I could find any evidence of,” said Cholnik.

Ellis’s family believes Majeid was the intended target and that Jynasis was just caught in the crossfire.
“She just happened to be an innocent bystander, you know what I’m saying,  she was in the wrong place at the wrong time,” said Joy Ellis.

Her brother, Reggie Ellis, is a semi-pro football player who happened to be at an away game the weekend she was murdered.

“When my sister needed me, I was playing football and I think about that all of the time,” said Reggie Ellis.

Years after she was gunned down, he still thinks of her every day. “Until God call me home, I won’t let nobody forget about her,” said Ellis.

People with information on this case are urged to call the Tampa Police Department at 813-276-3200 or you can give a tip anonymously by calling Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay at 1-800-873-TIPS (8477)