On the evening of January 11, 2019, 28-year-old Timothy Garnett was shot and killed on the 2400 block of Carmine Street in Richmond, near the intersection with Bethel Street. Officers found him unresponsive on the sidewalk; emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. The Office of the Medical Examiner later ruled the death a homicide.

Police also located a second person at the scene who had sustained a gunshot wound and was taken to a local hospital with injuries described as not life-threatening. The Richmond Police Department launched an intensive investigation and asked the public for help, reporting the day after the shooting that they had no reliable information about a suspect or suspects. No arrests or charges have been announced.

If anyone saw or heard anything in the Whitcomb Court area that night, or has information about Timothy Garnett’s killing, please share what is known.