Richard Wright, 64, was shot and killed on the night of May 3, 2004, while sitting in his car in the driveway of his home on Huguelet Street in Akron, Ohio. He had just returned from a trip to Las Vegas and was speaking on his cell phone when an unknown assailant approached and shot him.

Authorities have not identified any suspects, and the case remains an unsolved homicide. The Akron Police Department and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation have kept the investigation active as part of the state’s cold case initiative; Wright’s file is listed in Ohio’s cold case database. Family and friends remembered him as a warm, beloved father, grandfather, and friend, and expressed shock and sorrow at his sudden death.

Are there any neighborhood residents or motorists who remember activity on Huguelet Street that night or who might have seen a vehicle or person near Wright’s home?