23-year-old Domenick Guidry was shot and August 1, 2009.

Police told WSAZ.com he was gunned down in the parking lot of the Cross Roads Village apartment complex in Nitro.

Police say numerous shots were fired at his car, and some even hit the apartment building.

Guidry was a student at West Virginia State University.

Friends of Guidry are holding a special candlelight vigil at the apartment where he was killed. They are meeting Sunday, August 1 at 9 p.m.

Anyone is welcome to attend.

The murder happened August 5 at the Cross Roads Village Apartments, just off 40th Street in Nitro.

Sgt. C.A. Greene with the Nitro Police says 23-year-old Domenick Guidrey of Carson, CA was shot and killed while driving a car.

Investigators believe the suspect or suspects followed the car as it entered the complex and fired numerous shots at it. Eight shell casings were found near the bridge at the entrance to the apartment complex.

Since the murder, police have not released many details about the case, but on Thursday, the Nitro Police Department released a statement concerning the investigation.

According to the release, police say they are aware that friends and family of Domenick are concerned about the investigation, but they want them to know they are still actively investigating the case.

"There has been an excess of one thousand man hours invested in the investigation to this point," said Patrolman H. R. Blake II, spokesperson for the Nitro Police Department. "Evidence pertaining to the case has been submitted to the West Virginia State Police Laboratory for forensic analysis."

Police also say many of the details surrounding the case can't be released to the public.

The Nitro Police Department and the Kanawha Bureau of Investigation are urging anyone with information about the crime to call 304-357-0200 or 304-755-0777.

It happened between 4 and 5 a.m. at the Cross Roads Village
Apartments, just off 40th Street.

Sgt. C.A. Greene with the Nitro Police says 23-year-old Domenick
Marquis Guidry of Carson, CA was shot and killed while driving a car.

Investigators believe the suspect or suspects followed the car as it entered the complex and fired numerous shots at it. Eight shell casings were found near the bridge at the entrance to the apartment complex.

Police are not releasing any information about any suspects in the case.

Neighbors say they heard numerous shots that they thought were
fireworks. One neighboring apartment was hit with bullets, but no one was injured there.

The Kanawha Valley Bureau of Investigations is investigating the
homicide. Police are not releasing any more information at this time.

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