On the evening of May 27, 2019, 29-year-old Zachariah Ramsey was found with a gunshot wound near Parker and Kazbeck Streets in Springfield, Massachusetts. Emergency responders took him to Baystate Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. The Springfield Police Department’s Homicide Unit and the Hampden District Attorney’s Office Murder Unit classified the death as a homicide and opened an investigation.

Zachariah Nevill Ramsey, born June 30, 1989 in Springfield, was a celebrated amateur boxer — a three-time Western Massachusetts Golden Gloves Champion and two-time New England Golden Gloves Champion — who turned professional in May 2012. He was a father of two and taught boxing to young people in his community. If anyone has information about the shooting or knew Zachariah, please share what you know.