Benjamin Sweetwine was 31 and was shot dead on the evening of June 22, 2014, as he walked into his home on Sumner Place in Buffalo, New York. The shooter is described only as an unknown assailant; the attack was sudden and fatal and left the neighborhood shaken.

The Buffalo Police Department investigated the homicide but no suspect was publicly identified and no arrests were made. No motive was released, and the case later went cold. Sweetwine’s death remains listed in cold case databases and the person or persons responsible have not been publicly identified.

If anyone has information about what happened on Sumner Place that night or about Benjamin’s death, please come forward to assist the investigation.