Malcolm L. Bowser, 19, was found dead in the early morning hours of July 8, 2020. He and 18-year-old Richard Guarderas were discovered in a gray Kia parked in the 1100 block of Stuyvesant Avenue in Trenton, New Jersey, each having sustained multiple gunshot wounds. Both were pronounced dead at the scene and their deaths are being investigated as a double homicide.

Malcolm was a lifelong Trenton resident, a graduate of Trenton Central High School who also attended Trenton Catholic Academy. He worked at an Amazon Fulfillment Center while pursuing music and entrepreneurship, and hoped to move to Atlanta to start college and advance his music career. Family was central to him and he was remembered as motivational and upbeat.

No arrests or suspect identifications had been publicly announced at the time of these reports. If anyone has information about the shooting or knew Malcolm, please come forward with what you remember.