Rodney Lavon Collins, 21, was shot and killed on the evening of May 9, 2016, at the intersection of 53rd Street and Young Street in Sacramento. Officers were dispatched at about 7:34 p.m.; when they arrived Collins was lying in the street with a fatal gunshot injury. Sacramento Fire Department personnel responded but he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Sacramento County Coroner’s Office publicly identified him the following day.

The intersection became the focus of a homicide investigation. Detectives and crime-scene investigators examined the area, collected evidence and canvassed the neighborhood for witnesses. Police did not describe what happened immediately before the shooting, whether Collins had been in a confrontation, or a motive during the initial stages of the inquiry. No arrest or suspect identification was publicly announced in the police release about the case, and reporting and archived police information do not show a later arrest, charge, trial or conviction.

Anyone who witnessed the shooting or has information about who shot Rodney Collins or why is asked to contact investigators or submit anonymous tips through Crime Alert.