Eric Caster, 53, was shot while walking to a library on Herald Street in Rochester on the afternoon of Saturday, December 27, 2014. He managed to flag down a police officer and told them he couldn’t breathe before collapsing. Caster was taken to hospital and had emergency surgery but never regained consciousness; he died of his wounds on December 29, 2014 and his death was ruled a homicide.

Investigators said he may have been the target of an attempted robbery by two people, but the case went cold. No arrests have been announced and no suspects’ identities have been released. The family and community remain without answers about who carried out the killing.

If anyone saw activity on Herald Street that afternoon or has information about two people attempting a robbery nearby, please share what you know.