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Tavario E. Gates, 23, of Richmond, Virginia, was found dead of a gunshot wound in his car on May 7, 2019, at 1120 Courthouse Road in Chesterfield County. Investigators say Gates and three others had allegedly planned to shoot a person in a vehicle parked on Ronaldton Road. During an exchange of gunfire, a bullet fired by one of the occupants of Gates’s vehicle ricocheted off the windshield frame and struck him, killing him.

Chesterfield Police arrested three men in the days afterward. Deonte S. Thomas, 24, and Jamaar L. Townes, 25, were arrested on May 9 and May 10, respectively, and Travion L. Hargrove, 23, turned himself in on May 10. The three face charges that include felony homicide, conspiracy to commit a felony, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Did anyone who knew Tavario or was in that neighborhood on May 7 see activity or vehicles that might help explain how the shooting unfolded?