On the afternoon of May 16, 2024, 26-year-old Spen’Shawn Battle was shot and killed on the 1300 block of Overlook Street in Richmond, Virginia. Police found Battle with a fatal gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene after officers arrived about 3:40 p.m. The Medical Examiner later confirmed the cause and manner of death.

Battle, known as Shawn to friends and family, worked as a self-employed community mechanic — a trade he learned from his grandfather — and was a product of the Henrico County Public School System. He is survived by his mother, son, and brother. The Richmond Police Department’s Major Crimes unit opened a homicide investigation and asked the public for help.

If anyone has information about what happened on Overlook Street that afternoon, please share it with detectives.