On the morning of Friday, April 24, 2009, 18-year-old John Davis, known as Johnny, was found with a gunshot wound near 71 Homestead Street in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. Boston EMS responded but Davis was pronounced dead at the scene at about 11:40 a.m. The Homicide Unit opened an investigation into the daylight shooting.

John was an African-American young man and the youngest son of Shondell M. Davis. Despite investigative efforts, no arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified. The family continues to grieve an unsolved killing that happened in broad daylight.

If anyone has information about what happened on April 24, 2009 near Homestead Street, please come forward to help bring answers to the family.