Robert C. Dowell, 52, was found dead in northwest Atlanta on the morning of April 5, 2012. A patrol officer discovered his body partially on the sidewalk and in the roadway of West Lake Avenue near Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway around 4:30 a.m. Shell casings were present at the scene, and the Fulton County Medical Examiner determined he died from multiple gunshot wounds to his lower extremities, converting an initial hit-and-run theory into a homicide investigation.

The street was cordoned off for about three hours while detectives processed the scene. No publicly reported arrests or suspect identifications have been announced in the years since, leaving the case unresolved and Dowell’s family without answers.

If anyone saw activity in that area before dawn on April 5, 2012, or remembers anything about a vehicle or people nearby, please come forward with information.