Christopher Dickson, 39, was shot outside Dailey’s Liquor Store near 30th and Spencer Streets in North Omaha on the evening of July 21, 2009. After being wounded outside the shop he got into his car and crashed about a block away; officers who arrived at the wreck discovered he had been shot and he was later pronounced dead. Reports describe a confrontation outside the doorway and at least one account recounts a robbery attempt that turned deadly as he tried to flee.

Family remembered him as a devoted father; public memorial notices give his birth as April 19, 1970, and list burial at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Omaha. The killing happened in a North Omaha corridor noted in contemporaneous coverage for low clearance rates in shooting deaths, and relatives have continued to mark anniversaries and hold gatherings to keep the case in the public eye. Police have not announced any arrests, and local coverage across years describes the homicide as unsolved.

If anyone has information that could help clarify what happened outside Dailey’s on July 21, 2009, please come forward.