On the evening of July 5, 2007, 21-year-old Hugh Antwan Hickson was shot and killed in Richmond’s North Side. Richmond authorities investigated the killing and identified a suspect, Jerel T. Smith, after witnesses said an argument over a dice game escalated and Smith produced a firearm before the shooting.

Smith was arrested and charged in connection with Hickson’s death. At trial prosecutors presented witness testimony and other evidence tying Smith to the shooting; the jury convicted him of voluntary manslaughter and using a firearm in the commission of a felony. The court imposed a 10-year term for the manslaughter conviction and an additional three years for the firearm count, for a total of 13 years.

Hickson was remembered by family and friends as a young man with a future ahead of him. Does anyone have memories of Hugh or information about the events that night?