In the early morning hours of June 7, 2022, 37-year-old Jermarcus Taylor was found unresponsive in an alley in the Gilpin Court area of Richmond. Police were called to the 300 block of West Charity Street at about 7:28 a.m. for a report of a person down and located Taylor with an apparent gunshot wound. He was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead; the Medical Examiner later determined the cause and manner of death and the Richmond Police Department investigated the death as a homicide. His death was recorded as the city’s 100th shooting victim of 2022.

Police publicly identified Taylor and asked the community to contact Major Crimes Detective M. Godwin or submit anonymous tips through Crime Stoppers. No arrests or suspects have been publicly announced and the investigation remains ongoing.

If anyone knew Taylor or has information about what happened in the Gilpin Court area that morning, please come forward.