Clayton Thomas was 41 when he was fatally shot inside a Wendy’s on Victory Boulevard in Portsmouth on a Sunday evening in late December 2015. Police were called about 8:29 p.m. and found Thomas deceased in the restaurant’s bathroom with an upper-body gunshot wound. Authorities initially had not identified a suspect or a motive and opened an investigation.

Family and friends remembered Thomas as funny, community-minded and a basketball lover. A candlelight vigil at Camelot Park in Chesapeake spelled out his name as loved ones mourned; he left behind a daughter. Born March 10, 1974, Clayton Arthur Thomas had attended Deep Creek High School and worked as a carpenter.

Does anyone who knew Clayton or who was in that Wendy’s that night have information to share?