On the night of June 6, 2017, Lewis E. Garris II, 36, known to family and friends as Black, was found shot on Sandlewood Court in the Pin Oaks Estates neighborhood of Petersburg, Virginia. Officers arrived shortly after 11:30 p.m.; Garris was unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene. His death was the city’s fifth homicide that year.

Friends and family remembered Garris as gentle, wise and humble, devoted to his loved ones. Investigators searched for evidence and interviewed potential witnesses who were present that night, and the Petersburg Police Department urged anyone with information to come forward. No suspects were identified and no arrests had been announced in the initial stages of the investigation. His funeral was held at Harvest International Full Gospel Baptist Church and he was buried at Wilkerson Memorial Cemetery.

Does anyone who knew Lewis or who was in Pin Oaks Estates that night have information that could help bring answers?