Shortly after midnight on January 22, 2021, gunfire was reported on the 2100 block of Deforrest Street in Richmond. Responding officers found Marquis Bowles, a Black man in his twenties known to some as Poppy, suffering apparent gunshot wounds. First responders pronounced him dead at the scene. A teenage male was also found nearby with non-life-threatening injuries and taken to a hospital.

Investigators identified a suspect and less than a month later Alex Coles turned himself in to Richmond Police detectives. Coles was arrested and charged with murder and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Detectives said they were not actively searching for additional suspects after Coles’s arrest.

Does anyone have information about Marquis Bowles, his activities in that neighborhood, or the night of January 22, 2021?