The founder and CEO of DonorSee, a non-profit crowdfunding platform with a goal of helping those in need, was shot to death late last week in Fairfax, Va., and his killer remains at large.
Police were called to the home of Gret Slyer just before 3 a.m. Friday morning.
Officers entered the home and found the 32-year old father dead from a gunshot wound.
According to police radio audio, a dispatcher told responding officers the 911 caller, Gret’s wife Heather Glyer, said “she heard a loud noise and believes her husband has been shot … She believes someone came into the house.”
Police reported that a neighbor told police they’d heard three shots. Upon arrival officers found a back door at the Glyer residence ajar.
Authorities have classified Glyer’s death as a homicide, the first homicide to occur in the city in 14 years.
At this stage, police have not identified any potential suspects or persons of interest in the case.
Heather Glyer said DonorSee was her husbands ‘heart and vision’.
Glyer led the nonprofit “DonorSee” which describes itself as a platform donors can use to give money to people who live in poverty around the world.
According to the website, donors receive a video message directly from the people they helped, thanking them for their contribution.
The platform he created is now being used to raise money for Glyer’s wife and two children, who were home at the time of the fatal incident.
“Gret lived his life in the pursuit of helping others,” reads a statement from DonorSee. “He has left a legacy that will live on through DonorSee, of changing the world for the better and helping those who need it most. He is a shining light that inspired those he met, and many more he did not meet.”
The statement continues, “He was a courageous and kind leader, who treated everyone like family, and he always had a positive attitude that encouraged you to push a little harder, do a little more, and smile a little bigger. The loss of Gret only pushes us to honor his dream in ending global poverty even more, and do as he did — leave the world a better place than how we found it. We are creating this project today to raise funds to support Gret’s family: his wife and young children following their tragic loss. All of the funds from this project will go to his family.”
Anyone with any information about the killing is urged to contact the Fairfax Police at 703-385-7924.