Ashley Durrell Sampson, a 33-year-old Black man, was shot and killed while sitting on his front porch in the 600 block of Lime Avenue in Long Beach on the evening of September 26, 2012. He was struck in the torso at about 8:50 p.m., taken to a nearby hospital, and pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Police say witnesses reported two male adults as the assailants, but no motive has been determined and no identifying details about the shooters have been released. Sampson was buried at All Souls Cemetery in Long Beach; family and community members remembered him after his death.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the Long Beach Police Department’s homicide detectives.