On October 19, 2024, at about 6:03 p.m., Richmond police found 28-year-old Richmond resident Geovanni Ortiz Gutierrez inside a car in the 400 block of 21st Street with a gunshot wound. Emergency medical responders pronounced him dead at the scene at about 6:15 p.m. Investigators say Gutierrez was shot at least once while seated in the vehicle and that a suspect who had been in the car fled immediately after the shooting. No arrests have been announced and the Richmond Police Department is actively investigating.

Police say they have not released any information directly linking those past arrests to the homicide.

If anyone has information about who was in the vehicle that evening or witnessed the shooting, please contact the Richmond Police Department.