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Robert James Smith Jr., 46, was found critically wounded in the street in Phoenix after a shots-fired call near 35th Avenue and Baseline Road in the early morning of April 16, 2016. Witnesses reported hearing gunfire around 2:30 a.m., then saw a vehicle driving south on 31st Drive before turning east on Fremont Road, but could not describe the car or its occupants. Smith, a Black/African American male, was taken to a local hospital and died of his injuries on April 18, 2016.

Phoenix police have kept the investigation open; no suspects have been publicly identified and the motive remains unknown. The Silent Witness program is offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest. Can anyone who was in that neighborhood that morning or who remembers seeing a vehicle fitting that vague movement come forward with tips?