Angela Cheatham on Wednesday stood outside the small north Birmingham apartment building that haunts her dreams.

It’s where her son, 31-year-old Roger Cheatham, was killed when three masked men burst into his home and shot him in the head.

It’s been seven years, yet Angela says she can’t, and won’t, let it go.

It’s changed her life forever and, without an arrest, she has no peace.

“I don’t have justice yet,’’ Angela said. “I’m going to keep going and keep going until I get justice.”

“I’m never going to give up,’’ she said. “Never.”

It was about 10:15 p.m. on Aug. 16, 2016, when Angela got off the phone with her son. Just 15 minutes later, she started receiving more phone calls, this time from people delivering news that Roger had been shot.

She didn’t know how bad it was until she got to UAB Hospital where her son and another man had been rushed with gunshot wounds. Roger died the following day. The other victim, whose name was not ever released, recovered.

Police said a witness told investigators they were inside the house when three Black males forced their way in. Once inside, they held everyone at gunpoint and began to search the residence for unknown items.

After the trio found what they were looking for, both men were shot. All three suspects fled the scene in a purple Nissan Altima.

Roger’s teen son heard the commotion and woke up the 7-year-old son. Roger’s 4-year-old daughter slept through the ordeal.

The kids took cover in a closet and when the gunfire ended, the boys found their father critically wounded. They are now 19 and 13.

Angela and police believe they know who may have killed Roger, but they still need more evidence and more witnesses.

The office of Gov. Kay Ivey in 2018 issued a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in Roger’s death and that offer still stands. That reward money is in addition to the existing Crime Stoppers reward, which is up to $5,000.

While it’s hard for Angela to revisit the scene of the crime, she said it’s important that she keep her son’s memory alive.

“I have to see a psychiatrist, I have to take medication,’’ she said. “It’s a struggle for me every day.”

“You would think it being seven years, it would get a little bit better, but it just seems like it happened yesterday,’’ she said.

Angela said she meets with Birmingham detectives every three to four months. She said she’s frustrated and feels like more could be done to bring the killers to justice.

“I’m his mom, it’s for me to fight and not give up,’’ she said. “I don’t want them to think we don’t know who they are. We’ve just got to put the here.”

“It’s hard to do because people aren’t talking and I don’t know if it’s because they’re scared,’’ she said.

“All I can do is just beg for somebody to come forward,’’ Angela said.

Anyone with information is asked to call Birmingham police homicide detectives at 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.