On the night of February 13, 2009, Gabriel Damaso Lopez was shot and killed in the parking lot of an apartment complex at 270 Tampa Drive in Nashville. He had been standing with a friend near the friend’s green 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe when a gunshot ended Gabriel’s life.

Investigators say the shooting was carried out by an assailant, or possibly more than one person, but details about motive, the sequence of events, and what the friend-witness observed have not been released. The Nashville Police Department responded and opened a homicide investigation; the case is now handled by the city’s cold case unit. No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced.

If anyone was in the area that night or has information about who might have targeted Gabriel, the cold case unit would welcome any leads.