On the evening of June 17, 2022, 63-year-old Atlas Johnson Sr. was fatally shot on Sears Street in Buffalo, New York. Buffalo Police Department homicide detectives investigated the shooting and focused their inquiry on one person identified in reports as Nathaniel C. Johnson Jr.

Following the investigation, authorities arrested Nathaniel C. Johnson Jr. and the Erie County District Attorney’s Office charged him with second-degree murder in connection with Atlas Johnson Sr.’s death. Reports released at the time did not provide a clear motive or detail the relationship, if any, between Johnson Sr. and the accused.

Does anyone who knew Atlas Johnson Sr. or who was in the Sears Street area that evening have information that could shed light on what happened?