Raymond ’Raynard’ Byers was 58 when he was found fatally shot inside his Richmond, Virginia apartment on the morning of July 1, 2023. Officers were called for a welfare check on Chamberlayne Avenue and pronounced him dead at the scene. His family described him as hardworking, soft-spoken and a devoted grandfather who had worked 15 years at the Tyson Foods plant in Glen Allen and later took temporary jobs after the plant closed.

Byers’ loved ones said he mostly kept to himself and had no known enemies. His wallet was missing and his cell phone was later found discarded in a nearby church trash bin, a detail family members said suggested a robbery that turned deadly. The shooting left his family seeking answers about who targeted him and why.

If anyone knew Raymond Byers, his routines, or saw anything on Chamberlayne Avenue around July 1, 2023, please come forward with information.