On the afternoon of October 30, 2022, 80-year-old Richard Skelskey was found in the street in Memphis with a gunshot wound to the head. He was taken to a local hospital and later died of his injuries. Skelskey had been working as a Lyft driver at the time.

About five minutes after Skelskey was discovered, police responding to a separate call found another man, Shunish Baggett, inside a nearby home; Baggett also had been fatally shot in the head. The close timing and similar wounds suggested a connection between the two killings. A neighboring county inquiry prompted detectives to subpoena Skelskey’s Lyft records, which identified his last passenger as 28-year-old Joshua Gossett.

Gossett was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder and related firearm offenses in the deaths of Skelskey and Baggett. Skelskey’s sister said she hoped his death would draw attention to gun violence. Does anyone have information about Skelskey’s last ride or the area where he was working that afternoon?