Felton Tate, a 44-year-old Black/African American man, was shot multiple times in the chest on July 9, 2008, as he arrived at his home in Alabama. He survived long enough to speak to family and gave a description of the person who shot him before he died, leaving his loved ones with a final and painful clue.

In the years since, Tate’s death remained unsolved and reporting does not show that those details led to an arrest or prosecution.