Shedrick Parker III, a 30-year-old Black man, was found unresponsive behind a parked vehicle on East 20th Avenue in Columbus, Ohio, on May 22, 2018. Officers arrived about 4:17 a.m.; he was taken to Grant Medical Center and pronounced dead at 4:54 a.m. after suffering an apparent gunshot wound.

The case remains unsolved. The Columbus Police Department’s Homicide Cold Case Unit and the Ohio Attorney General’s Office have both publicized the investigation and asked the public for information. No arrests or suspects have been identified; the file number is 2018-0042.

If anyone was in the East 20th Avenue area that morning or has information that could help identify what happened to Shedrick Parker III, please come forward and contact investigators. What did you see or hear that morning?