Terrance Devon Pannell, a 26-year-old Black man, was found fatally shot inside a Roanoke residence on October 15, 2017. Roanoke Police were dispatched to the 1600 block of Mercer Avenue NW around 12:34 a.m. after a report of a man down with a gunshot wound. Officers pronounced Pannell dead at the scene. His fiancée discovered the back door open and found him wounded while checking on the house he was renovating.

Described as family-oriented, Pannell left behind a baby, a fiancée, parents, grandparents and siblings. His mother had already lost another son to gun violence in northwest Roanoke in 2013. Police collected physical evidence from the scene and interviewed several people who knew Pannell to establish a timeline, but no arrests have been announced and the investigation remains ongoing.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or saw activity near Mercer Avenue NW around 12:30 a.m. on October 15, 2017, please share what is known.