Victor Gomes, a 31-year-old African-American man, was shot and killed on July 4, 2011, during a Fourth of July cookout at his parents’ home on Norton Street in Dorchester, Boston. Family and friends were attending the holiday gathering when gunfire erupted; Gomes was taken to Boston Medical Center and pronounced dead. He left behind an 8-year-old son and a 4-year-old daughter.

The Boston Police Department treated the incident as a homicide. No arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified; the case remains unsolved and the investigation is ongoing. Little else about the shooting has been released publicly.

If anyone was at that cookout or saw or heard anything related to the shooting, please share what is known with authorities.