Robert James Richardson Jr., 30, was found shot and killed in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on November 29, 2020. The shooting was reported as Kalamazoo’s thirteenth homicide that year; two other people were injured in the same incident.

Born July 9, 1990, in Oakland, California, Richardson — called 24 after his favorite basketball player, Kobe Bryant — grew up in the Kalamazoo area and graduated from Kalamazoo Central High School. He had enrolled in a police academy at one point and worked in roofing and gardening. He was a father to two sons and a daughter and is remembered for his love of basketball and his outgoing personality.

Anyone who knew Robert or has information about the November 29, 2020 shooting is asked to come forward.