Richard P. Hodge Jr. was 27 when he was shot and killed on December 30, 2017, in Columbus, Ohio. The shooting occurred about 6:49 p.m. at the Beverage Warehouse on the 800 block of East 11th Avenue. Officers who responded to an emergency call found him critically wounded in the building’s entryway; he was taken by Columbus Fire to the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and pronounced dead at 7:23 p.m.

No suspects have been publicly identified and the circumstances of the shooting remain unsolved. The Columbus Police Department and the Ohio Attorney General’s Office have urged anyone with information to come forward. The case is listed among unsolved homicides in the state’s cold case database.

If anyone was in or near the Beverage Warehouse that evening or has information about Richard Jr. Hodge’s death, please contact investigators with what you know.