On the late morning of March 5, 2021, gunfire erupted at the intersection of Rittenhouse Street and 57th Avenue in Riverdale, Maryland. Police arrived at about 11:45 a.m. and found 23-year-old Kenard Aubrey Keene Jr., known to family as KJ, lying in the roadway with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Keene’s family remembered him as full of life, always happy, with a bright smile and joyful laughter. The Prince George’s County Police Department Homicide Unit opened an investigation but has not identified a suspect or determined a motive. No arrests have been announced and detectives continue to seek information from the public.

If anyone saw activity at Rittenhouse Street and 57th Avenue around 11:45 a.m. on March 5, 2021, or has information about Kenard Keene Jr.’s death, please come forward.