Barry Dewayne Averett III, 28, was shot and killed in the early hours of Wednesday, August 15, 2012, near 39th and Burdette Streets in Omaha. Officers responding to reports of gunfire found him wounded in the street; he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead the same day. His family later remembered him in an obituary that gave his age and the date of death, matching the police homicide report.

Detectives opened a homicide investigation and appealed to the public for information, at one point offering reward-backed tips. No arrests have been announced and no suspect has been publicly identified; the case remains on the police department’s cold-case list. If anyone knew Barry or has information about what happened near 39th and Burdette on August 15, 2012, please come forward.