On the morning of August 19, 2017, 25-year-old Thomas E. Shepherd Jr. was found in the 400 block of Woodrow Avenue in Rome, New York with gunshot wounds after police responded to reports of gunfire. He was taken to Rome Hospital and pronounced dead shortly thereafter.

Investigators tied the killing to an incident in the parking lot of Sammy G’s, where witnesses said an argument broke out between Shepherd and 35-year-old Robert Coffin. Coffin was seen firing a .380-caliber semi-automatic handgun and fled the scene. He was later located in Las Vegas, arrested and extradited to New York. Coffin was charged with second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon; surveillance footage and eyewitness testimony were part of the prosecution’s case. The jury returned guilty verdicts on both counts.

If anyone knew Thomas Shepherd, his movements that night, or saw anything in the area of Woodrow Avenue or Sammy G’s, please share information with investigators.