Rodney Darnell Ruffin Sr. was 56 when he was shot and killed on the evening of Wednesday, February 5, 2014, in Richmond’s Manchester neighborhood. He was found with a fatal gunshot wound in the 100 block of West 9th Street, near a local market at the intersection with Bainbridge Street. Authorities have not disclosed what he was doing in the area or who he may have been with that night.

Detectives canvassed the neighborhood and the Richmond Police Department opened an investigation, but no suspect has been publicly identified and no arrest has been announced. Ruffin’s name remains on the department’s roster of unsolved homicides and the case is listed as open. If anyone has information that could help bring answers in this cold case, please contact the Richmond Police Department.