Eddie Burleson, a 59-year-old resident of Richmond, California, was found with a fatal gunshot wound on the 4100 block of Florida Avenue around 4 a.m. on October 9, 2021. Emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene. The Richmond Police Department opened a homicide investigation into the shooting.

Three days later authorities arrested 59-year-old Richmond resident Robert Harrell III at a residence on the 1900 block of Virginia Avenue and charged him with Burleson’s murder, alleging the shooting followed an argument. Harrell was held on $1 million bail and faced a possible 50 years to life if convicted. Court records later recorded that the defendant was deceased; Harrell was released in April 2023 and died of natural causes later that year, and the murder charge was dismissed as a result. The specific details of the argument and how Harrell was identified as a suspect were not disclosed.

Does anyone have information about Burleson, his movements that night, or the neighborhood around Florida Avenue in October 2021?