Michael A. Raether, 25, was killed in Norfolk, Virginia, in the early morning hours of November 5, 2016. A white male and a United States Navy sailor stationed aboard the USS George H.W. Bush, Raether had served three years and was a husband and father; the shooting occurred on the day his son turned three years old.

Norfolk dispatchers received a call just before 3:00 a.m. about a possible gunshot victim in the 7800 block of Ogden Avenue. Officers found Raether with a single gunshot wound; he was taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, where he later died. The preliminary investigation determined the shooting occurred during an attempted robbery. The suspect was described as a Black male with a light complexion last seen wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt and fled the scene.

Norfolk police opened a homicide investigation, but no arrests have been announced and the case has gone cold. If anyone has information about Michael Raether’s killing or the person seen fleeing the scene, please come forward.