Acara Goldsmith, 36, was shot and killed on November 10, 2016, around 5 p.m. in the 500 block of Barbara Jane Avenue near Old Greensboro Road in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He was found with a gunshot wound to the stomach and taken to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, where he later died. His death was recorded as the city’s 22nd homicide of 2016.

The Winston-Salem Police Department opened an investigation and initially released little information; no arrests or suspects were announced in the immediate aftermath. On November 28, 2016, 34-year-old Billy Jackson Simmons III turned himself in and was charged with murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, with investigators saying Simmons shot Goldsmith during an argument. Police asked anyone with additional information to contact them.

If anyone has information about Acara Goldsmith or the events on Barbara Jane Avenue that evening, please share what is known.