Kenneth Cooper Jr., 27, was shot and killed on the evening of April 5, 2022, in an alley on Hanes Avenue near West Brookland Park Boulevard in Richmond, Virginia. Police found him unresponsive at the scene; he was pronounced dead there. Reports say he was walking by a Northside Richmond store when the shooting occurred.

For nearly a year the case remained unsolved, a prolonged period of grief for his family, especially his mother, Laverne McMullen. In February 2023 Richmond Police arrested Cequan Pittman, described as a childhood friend of Cooper, and charged him with first-degree murder. The arrest brought a complicated reaction from Cooper’s mother, who expressed both sorrow and a measure of closure.

Are there witnesses or community members who remember seeing Cooper in the area that evening or who can provide information about what happened that night?