On the evening of July 6, 2015, 27-year-old Joao Dos Santos was killed after a violent chase through Providence, Rhode Island. While driving, Dos Santos was pursued by occupants of another vehicle; forced to drive the wrong way down Canal Street, his car was wrecked. After emerging from the vehicle and running across the street, he collapsed and was pronounced dead at the scene from gunshot wounds.

Surveillance footage recorded a white car behind Dos Santos’s vehicle, but investigators were unable to obtain a license plate number. The shooting was one of two similar fatal shootings in Providence within about half an hour that night; authorities have not definitively linked the cases and have suggested Dos Santos’s killing may have been a case of mistaken identity. No arrests or public suspect identifications have been announced, and the investigation has since gone cold.

Joao’s family remembers him as protective, loyal, and always smiling. If anyone has information that could help bring justice in this case, please contact Providence police.