In the early morning hours of November 5, 2016, a burst of gunfire on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue in Knoxville, Tennessee, ended the life of 44-year-old Ronald Eugene Nelson Jr. Nelson, an African American man known as Ron to friends and family, was found with multiple gunshot wounds and taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center, where he died. The Knoxville Police Department recovered multiple shell casings and opened a homicide investigation.

Authorities asked the public for help immediately after the shooting, believing several people may have witnessed the event, but no arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified. The case remains an unsolved murder, and Nelson’s family — including a child who had not yet been born when he died — continues to await answers.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information that could help the investigation, please contact the Knoxville Police Department.