Xavier McClanahan was 14 when he was shot and killed on February 29, 2016, about 9:30 a.m. on the Richmond Greenway Trail near Lovonya DeJean Middle School, which he had attended. ShotSpotter alerted officers to the 3300 block of Ohio Avenue; responders found Xavier with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper torso and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Witnesses reported seeing a male suspect flee the area near the BART tracks and the school, scale a neighbor’s fence and then leave in a car, but no arrests were made immediately. The killing came during a rise in homicides in Richmond — Xavier’s death was the fourth homicide in the city in the first two months of 2016 — and prompted outreach by police and the city’s Ceasefire program to schools, youth centers and faith groups.

Anyone who knew Xavier or has information about the shooting or the person seen fleeing near the BART tracks and Lovonya DeJean Middle School is asked to come forward.