Troy Trevante Byrd, 23, was fatally shot on the evening of April 9, 2020, in the Ventura Village neighborhood of South Minneapolis. He was sitting in a vehicle parked outside his childhood home on the 2200 block of 13th Avenue South near East 22nd Street when a gunman approached and opened fire. Bryd was struck multiple times, taken to Hennepin County Medical Center by private individuals, and later died; the death was ruled a homicide by multiple gunshot wounds.

Byrd was described as a creative, generous musician who ran a makeshift recording studio in his mother’s basement and helped local rappers with composing, mixing and mastering, often without charge. The Minneapolis Police Department opened an investigation, but in the days and months after the shooting no arrests were announced and authorities did not release detailed information about a suspect or suspects.

Does anyone who knew Troy or who was in the Ventura Village area that evening have information that could help the investigation?