The parents of a young man shot and killed in Detroit nearly eight months ago continue to search for closure as their son's killer remains unidentified.

A reward of up to $2,500 reward is being offered for information leading to arrests in the case. The reward is increased to $3,500 if useful tips are provided by the end of Tuesday, Aug. 1.

De'Vante Hogan, 24, who was attending Macomb Community college with aspirations to become a veterinarian, was fatally shot and killed shortly after leaving a La Hookah Town hookah bar in Detroit's traditionally safe and trendy Midtown neighborhood near Wayne State University about 3:15 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 8.

Relatives pleaded with members of the public to provide information to police during a press conference hosted by Crime Stoppers in Detroit Tuesday.

The suspected shooter was wearing a green jacket and fled in a white Chevrolet Impala SS, witnesses told police.

Hogan lived with his parents in Grosse Pointe and graduated from Michigan Collegiate High School in Warren, according to his father, Lemar Manassa, 45.

On the night he died, Manassa said his son visited La Hookah Town, a place people gather to socialize, listen to music and smoke from hookahs, with an acquaintance.

Manassa, who grew up in Detroit, said he moved his family to Grosse Pointe in order to shield them from the city's violence.

"I don't understand why they took my baby," Hogan's father said at a vigil for his son days after the shooting, "because he wasn't out here on the street, he didn't owe anybody nothing, he was never that type of kid.

"I'm hoping this is some sort of mistaken-identity-type thing, but the way things sound, it sounds like it was just deliberately for him."

Over 75 people attended a vigil for Hogan and released sky lanterns near the shooting site following his death.

Detroit police on released surveillance video of a person of interest in the case. Anyone with information is asked to contact police, 313-596-2260; or Crime Stoppers, 800-SPEAK-UP. Citizens may remain anonymous.