In the early afternoon of Saturday, April 13, 2019, gunfire was reported in the 1300 block of Coalter Street in Richmond, Virginia. Responding officers found 21-year-old Malik D. Banks in a staircase of an apartment building; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The death was treated as a homicide and the Medical Examiner was to determine the official cause of death.

Banks lived on the same block where he was killed. His identification by the Richmond Police Department was made public a few days after the shooting, and friends and family held a vigil in Mosby Court to remember him.

If anyone witnessed activity in the 1300 block of Coalter Street around noon on April 13, 2019, or has information about this shooting, please share what is known with the Richmond Police.