Robert E. Sills Jr., a 37-year-old African-American man, died in Omaha, Nebraska on July 12, 2009. Family and friends described him as a son, father, brother and friend; his obituary and online condolences emphasize the shock and grief that followed what relatives called a horrible morning.

Who in the Omaha area remembers Robert Sills or the circumstances around July 12, 2009 and can help fill in what happened?