In the early morning of Saturday, September 17, 2016, a burst of gunfire near Nightingale and Wales Streets in Dorchester left three men in their 20s shot. Twenty-three-year-old Phillip Woods, known to friends as Skeebo, was pronounced dead at the scene; two others were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Woods worked at Panera Bread and participated in a neighborhood program for at-risk young adults, and about 200 people later gathered for a vigil on Lorne Street to honor him.

Boston Police classified the killing a homicide and opened an investigation, but the case grew cold. Investigators later linked Woods’ shooting to a separate murder: a friend who was wounded in the same September attack vowed retaliation and was convicted in a November 2016 killing prosecutors described as revenge for Woods. No arrests have been announced in Woods’ murder and the person or persons responsible remain unknown.

If anyone knew Phillip, witnessed the shooting, or has information that could identify those responsible, please come forward to assist the investigation.