Eighteen-year-old Jaden Lee Carter was fatally shot in Richmond, Virginia, on the evening of Tuesday, January 24, 2023. He was found with a gunshot wound in the 2100 block of South Kenmore Road and died at the scene; the Richmond Police Department classified his death as a homicide.

Police say a second shooting that same day — an adult male with a life-threatening gunshot wound in the 7400 block of Forest Hill Avenue — is believed to be related to Jaden’s killing, suggesting a sequence of connected events that night. Investigators continued active inquiries in the days and weeks afterward, and no suspects have been publicly identified or arrested in connection with Jaden’s death.

If anyone saw activity around South Kenmore Road or Forest Hill Avenue on January 24, 2023, or has information about either shooting, please contact the Richmond Police Department to assist this open homicide investigation.