On the evening of March 6, 2023, gunfire broke out in Manchester, Richmond. Police responded to reports of random shots in the 1600 block of Bainbridge Street around 8:33 p.m.; a citizen told officers a man was down nearby. In the 00 block of East 16th Street they found 21-year-old Tyrek Isiah Brandon of Richmond with a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner later determined the cause and manner of death.

Tyrek had been standing in a parking lot near his mother’s house when he was fatally shot. Family and community members remembered him as a lovable person, and his mother has publicly continued to seek justice. Richmond Police asked the public to contact Major Crimes detectives or Crime Stoppers with information, but no arrests have been announced in the months since the shooting and the investigation remains ongoing.

If anyone has information about Tyrek’s death or was in the Manchester area that night, please contact Richmond Major Crimes or Crime Stoppers.