Kenji Jones was 23 and a Richmond, California resident when he was shot in the head around 9:30 p.m. on August 2, 2015, in the 900 block of Eighth Street. He was active in LGBT advocacy and involved with the RYSE Center, a local youth organization, and his death prompted shock and vigils in the community.

Richmond Police investigators concluded the shooting was a targeted attack, though the specific reasons for the targeting were not immediately clear. In the weeks after the murder several suspects were identified and arrested and faced charges including first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder; the arrests led to trials with witness and family testimony.

Anyone who knew Kenji or who was in the 900 block of Eighth Street on the night of August 2, 2015, is asked to come forward with information.