Richard Sams, 45, was shot to death inside a home at 632 Crescent Avenue in San Bernardino on January 14, 2019. He grew up in San Bernardino, graduated from Cajon High School, and was noted for success in track and field. Later he lived in Los Angeles, where he married and worked selling movies and music. He is survived by his daughter Cheyenne Sams and son R.J. Sams III.

San Bernardino Police Department detectives opened a homicide investigation after the shooting. On January 21, 2019, detectives arrested 28-year-old Corey LaPaul Herring of Victorville in connection with the killing; Herring was booked into the Central Detention Center without bail. The motive and the relationship, if any, between Sams and his assailant were not detailed in reports.

If anyone knew Richard, his routines, or saw anything around Crescent Avenue on January 14, 2019, please share what is known.