Ricky A. Burgett, Jr. was 27 when he was fatally shot in his Nashville apartment on the evening of September 21, 2014. Burgett was at home on Welshwood Drive with his roommate and longtime friend Thomas Moreno when two men forced their way in intent on robbery. During the invasion a confrontation occurred and Burgett was shot; the intruders fled and Moreno was held against his will but not physically harmed.

Investigators identified Aaron Dale Dodson, then 22, and 19-year-old Oral Patterson as the alleged intruders. Patterson was arrested in October 2014; Dodson remained at large for several months and was later captured after a traffic stop. At trial a Davidson County jury convicted Dodson of first-degree felony murder in Burgett’s death, and of especially aggravated robbery and aggravated kidnapping of Moreno. Dodson received a mandatory life sentence for the murder, with the robbery and kidnapping terms to be served concurrently.

If anyone knew Ricky, Thomas Moreno, or saw activity around the Welshwood Drive apartment on September 21, 2014, please share what you know.