Robert Hall Jr. was a 31-year-old Black man from Euclid, Ohio, remembered by friends as Berto and for his personable nature and smile. His life ended in the early morning of September 8, 2022, when Cleveland police found the vehicle he was driving had struck a pole at West 41st Street and Clark Avenue. First responders discovered he had been shot twice in the back and he was later pronounced dead at MetroHealth hospital. Witnesses reported seeing two men flee from the vehicle after the crash.

Investigators identified 30-year-old Bertram Hicks of Cleveland as a passenger in the car and issued a warrant charging him with aggravated murder; Hicks had fled the area. A months-long manhunt by the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department and the U.S. Marshals Service ended with Hicks’s arrest in Milwaukee in May 2023. Robert’s parents, Jeanette and Robert Hall Sr., said they were relieved an arrest had been made but still had immense pain and no answers about why their son was killed.

If anyone knew Robert, was in the Clark Fulton neighborhood that morning, or has information about what happened in the lead-up to the shooting, please share what you know.