On the evening of January 11, 2016, James J Sims III, 34, known to friends as Mel, was shot at least once in the torso outside the Kissingbower Package Shop in Augusta, Georgia. He was pronounced dead from that wound; his death was the city’s first homicide of 2016.

Investigators arrested and charged 27-year-old Kevin Antwan Williams in connection with the shooting. The case went to trial, and in August 2018 a Richmond County Superior Court jury acquitted Williams. No other arrests or publicly identified suspects have been reported since, and the investigation remained open. Authorities said the liquor store itself did not appear to be directly involved, and the shooting was thought to have arisen from a dispute that escalated.

Does anyone have information about Sims, the circumstances at the Kissingbower Package Shop that evening, or contacts who might help move this investigation forward?