Michael Jr. Kirksey was a 29-year-old Black man who was fatally shot on Friday, August 29, 2014, in Baltimore’s Franklin Square neighborhood. For nearly a decade the case had no publicly identified suspect, and family and acquaintances remember him as a man full of life who loved his family.

Nine years after the shooting, an individual named Carlos Heard was charged with Kirksey’s murder.

If anyone knew Michael, saw activity in the Franklin Square area on August 29, 2014, or has information about this case, please come forward to help fill the gaps in what happened.