Michael Smith, a 54-year-old Black man, was fatally shot on the night of Saturday, June 4, 2016, in Petersburg, Virginia. Officers responding to reports of a man down found Smith on the sidewalk in the 600 block of Virginia Avenue with a gunshot wound to the torso. He was taken to Southside Regional Medical Center but died about an hour after being found.

Police said the circumstances that led to the shooting were unclear and investigators were working to determine what happened. No suspects were publicly identified and no arrests were announced at that time.

If anyone saw activity in the 600 block of Virginia Avenue that night or has information about how Smith came to be wounded, please share what is known.