Malik Ivan Sims was 27 when he was found shot on the side of Garden City Boulevard in Roanoke on the evening of August 20, 2020. Emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene. Family and community members remembered him as a man dedicated to his faith and to service — a former Army member who helped both young and old and tried to be a problem solver.

The Roanoke Police Department investigated the shooting for months afterward. In March 2021 a grand jury indicted 31-year-old Roanoke resident Abdul Fluellen on charges that included first-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony; authorities later arrested Fluellen and took him into custody.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information that could help bring clarity to what happened that night, please share what is known.