Lionel Johnson, a 56-year-old Black man, was found with a gunshot wound near North 28th Avenue and Manderson Street in Omaha on November 5, 2017. Emergency responders transported him to a nearby hospital, but a single gunshot wound proved fatal and the Omaha Police Department ruled the death a homicide.

Detectives from the homicide unit opened an investigation and appealed for public help. In the days and weeks after the shooting no suspect or arrests were publicly identified, and the case remained open as investigators worked to establish what happened that night.

If anyone in Omaha remembers seeing or hearing anything around North 28th Avenue and Manderson Street on the evening of November 5, 2017, or has information about Lionel Johnson’s killing, please come forward to assist the investigation.