Steven Milton Whisnant III, 38, was shot and killed in Richmond, Virginia on the evening of March 8, 2021. Officers who responded to a shooting call in the 1100 block of St. Paul Street in the Gilpin Court neighborhood found him with a gunshot wound just after 6:30 p.m.; he was taken to a hospital and later died. His death was recorded as the city’s 12th homicide that year.

Investigators identified a suspect quickly. On March 9, 2021, 29-year-old Quashawn E. Burgess was arrested in Henrico County by the U.S. Marshals Regional Fugitive Task Force and charged with homicide, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in connection with Whisnant’s killing.

If anyone has information about Steven Whisnant or saw activity in the Gilpin Court area that evening, please share what you know.