Banks Unsolved Murder

For the last year, a west point woman has walked out her front door... looked at the driveway and wondered who shot and killed her son.

For the last year, for the last year, a west point woman has walked out her front door... looked at the driveway and wondered who shot and killed her son... right there in front of her home.

There's been no arrest and no answer to her simple question... who pulled the trigger?

Today, police plead for help in the case.

Wcbi's stephen pimpo was at the press conference and joins us now live in the studio with more.

Willie mae spraggins barely had the strength to talk today, much less plead for someone to come forward with information that could lead to her son's killer.

Investigators say they will spend the rest of their careers trying to find the gunman..

One year with no arrest they say is too long..

And today they make an impassioned plea for help.

"who did such a thing to my child?

That's all i want to know.

Who did that?

And then i had to come out there and find him all shot up in the head."

One year later...willie mae spraggins is still looking for answers after her son was shot and killed right outside her front door.

On wednesday, she stood with her daughter and grandaughter as west point police sergeant ramirez ivy once again asked for help to find the person who killed jamel banks.

"we need you.

We need you to come forward to help solve these crimes and help this mother who's grieving and has to relive this everyday."

Su: this is the scene where willie mae spraggins found her son with fatal gunshot wounds right outside her front yard.

The search for suspects continues police are still looking for a suspects sergeant ivy says police have struggled to come up with credible witnesses or promising leads to find out why banks was killed and who pulled the trigger.

"conspiracy theories don't solve a case.

So, the hugest stumbling block we face with this case and many others are people's thoughts.

What they think happened.

We need to know what they know.

What actually happened."

Banks's daughter jamia webber thinks some people are just too afraid to talk.

"people don't want to be labeled a snitch or a tattle tail.

So, i think that is a big barrier to people coming forward."

Banks was a father of three who worked at a car wash and had no apparent enemies.

"somebody come forward to help us please so i can be able to tell my niece one day that somebody murdered her father and we know who it is."

If you have any information to help police find the person that killed jamel banks... call golden triangle crimestoppers.

You can report anonymously give that tip and crime stoppers is offering a five thousand dollar reward.