Eric Walker was 27 when he was shot during an attempted home invasion at his mother’s house near the Midtown Center along Capitol Drive in Milwaukee on December 1, 2014. The wound and resulting internal injuries left him paralyzed from the waist down and confined to a bed as his health declined over the following months.

Family remembered him as a gentle, promising athlete and kept vigil through a long recovery marked by setbacks. Walker died on November 4, 2016 from complications of the gunshot wound; Milwaukee authorities counted the death as a homicide in the 2016 totals. Police said the shooting occurred during an attempted break-in and were still searching for a motive and those responsible. No arrests had been announced by the time of the 2016 reports.

If anyone has information about the 2014 break-in or who shot Eric, please come forward to investigators.