Curtis Richardson, 58, was shot and killed at his Baton Rouge home on April 26, 2020 after intervening in a dispute involving his stepdaughter and her boyfriend, Ronnie Kato. Family remembered Richardson as a protector who cherished his wife, children, and stepchildren. His death was the first in a sequence of violent events that same day.

According to authorities, Kato fled after shooting Richardson. During the search, two officers, Lt. Glenn Hutto Jr. and Cpl. Derrick Maglone, encountered Kato in a residential backyard; Hutto was killed and Maglone critically wounded during an exchange of gunfire. Kato later barricaded himself in a nearby home and was taken into custody after an hourslong standoff.

An East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury indicted Kato on two counts of first-degree murder related to the deaths of Richardson and Lt. Hutto, plus additional charges including attempted first-degree murder, home invasion, domestic abuse with a child, and domestic abuse with aggravated assault. If anyone knew Curtis Richardson or has information about the events of April 26, 2020, please come forward.