Michael Allen Boyle, 22, of Reno, Nevada, was shot and killed on July 3, 2011. The shooting was carried out by a friend, Matthew Mahaffey, an Iraq War veteran; family statements say only Mahaffey knows why he pulled the trigger that day.

Family members learned of Michael’s death through social media before police notification, adding to their distress. Authorities did not arrest Mahaffey immediately; prosecutors filed charges about six months after the shooting following a media fact-finding report, and Mahaffey was arrested less than a month after that report aired.

In February 2013 Mahaffey accepted a plea deal that reportedly allowed him to avoid prison time, a result Michael’s mother, Joni Spade, criticized as insufficient. The family says the legal outcome did not bring them closure.

If anyone knew Michael Boyle or has information about the events of July 3, 2011, please share what you remember.