On the morning of Thursday, April 9, 2026, a shooting in the 1000 block of St. James Street in Richmond, Virginia, left 42-year-old Roger Swinson dead. Police were called at about 10:27 a.m.; officers found Swinson down and unresponsive with an apparent gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Medical Examiner was to determine cause and manner of death.

The Richmond Police Department’s Major Crimes detectives have classified the case as a homicide and are actively investigating. An obituary for Roger McKinley Swinson was published noting no services, and a memorial page was created for him on the National Gun Violence Memorial website.

Did anyone in Richmond see activity in the St. James Street area that morning or have information that could help investigators?