Victor Noel Williams was 37 when he was killed while walking his two puppies along the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday morning, July 26, 2017. According to investigators, the attack occurred at about 8:36 a.m. just south of the 3300 block of East Capitol Street, SE. Witnesses reported seeing a man raise his arm at Williams, then gunshots; Williams was struck once in the back and again in the head as he lay on the walkway.

One of the puppies was also found shot and killed at the scene; the other was discovered unharmed in nearby trees. Police say the shooter stole Williams’s iPhone and fled on a red Nishiki bicycle. An arrest followed on August 17, 2017, when 41-year-old Wandell Roy of Northeast D.C. was charged with first-degree murder while armed. An arrest affidavit raised the possibility the killing was linked to a family dispute involving a member of the victim’s stepfamily, though no direct connection between Williams and Roy was established.

Wandell Roy later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced in February 2018. Williams’s wife said she had to bury her husband the day before their second anniversary. Does anyone who knew Victor or who was on the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail that morning have information to share?