Joseph Lee Sydnor, 55, was fatally shot in Richmond, Virginia on July 31, 2014. The shooting occurred in the vicinity of the 700 block of East 36th Street, in the southern part of the city, and witnesses and records indicate he was struck by gunfire and pronounced dead at or near the scene.

Richmond police recorded the death as a homicide and treated the matter as an active investigation. The case did not appear among the city’s homicide entries marked as cleared with an arrest.

Joseph Sydnor is remembered in family notices and obituaries as a beloved brother and community member whose life ended suddenly that summer. If anyone has information about what happened on East 36th Street that night, please come forward.