Silvesta Daye Jr., 43, was fatally shot while a customer at a Royal Farms convenience store in Essex, Maryland, on March 28, 2021. A Chesapeake High School graduate and self-employed, Daye was described as an innocent victim when a male gunman entered the store and opened fire, also critically wounding a store employee.

The shooter, later identified as 27-year-old Joshua Green, had earlier shot and killed a 62-year-old customer, Alpha Smith, who was sitting in her car in the store parking lot. Police later found Green dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at a nearby apartment fire, and investigators discovered his parents, Douglas Green, 58, and Olivia Green, 62, shot to death at their home in Baldwin. Authorities said the firearm used was legally purchased and determined Green acted alone; with his death, no arrest was made.

The motive remains unknown. If anyone knew Silvesta Daye Jr. or saw activity around the Royal Farms that morning, please share what might help answer unanswered questions.