Damian Lackland, 26, was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound in the early morning of Wednesday, February 7, 2007. Police were called about an unknown problem and arrived around 6:34 a.m. at 399 Walk Hill Street in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, adjacent to Mount Hope Cemetery. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide and the Boston Police Homicide Unit processed the scene and searched for witnesses that morning.

The case remains open and unsolved; investigators continue to seek information that might help bring answers for Lackland’s family. If anyone saw or heard anything near Walk Hill Street or Mount Hope Cemetery that morning, please come forward with details.