Schiharia Aila Sai Kiran, a 21-year-old graduate student from India, was shot and killed on June 14, 2015, outside his apartment building on SW Sixth Street in Miami while talking on his cellphone. A gunman demanded his phone; when Sai Kiran resisted, he was shot multiple times and later died after being taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center.

Investigators later developed suspects. Arrest reports say two men targeted Sai Kiran for robbery. One of the men, Brandon Figueroa, reportedly confessed that they planned the robbery and that a struggle led to the shooting. Jonathan Rivera-Gunera reportedly said he drove Figueroa to the location and waited in the car, hearing gunshots. Both were held without bond after their arrests.

Sai Kiran was a young student far from home; friends publicly sought justice after his death. If anyone knew him or has information about what happened that night, please share what can help the investigation.