Bryan Lee Gillum, 33, was shot and killed on August 15, 2009, in Dayton, Ohio, in what police believe was a drug-related robbery. Gillum had driven from Xenia with two friends to buy drugs when, according to witnesses, a gunman in a 1998 or 1999 brown Pontiac Grand Prix approached and shot him in the leg. He ran about two blocks before collapsing in a driveway on McCall Avenue; the bullet severed a major artery and he died before help arrived.

Police described the case as reflective of the dangers tied to drug transactions in Dayton, noting dealers there sometimes rob customers and victims often do not report such crimes. Gillum’s death was the city’s 27th homicide that year. No arrests have been announced and the Dayton Police Department is asking anyone with information to come forward to help solve the case.

If anyone knew Bryan, was in the area of McCall Avenue on August 15, 2009, or has information about a brown Pontiac Grand Prix linked to this shooting, please share what is known with investigators.