On the morning of September 10, 2017, four people were killed in the Gilpin Court area of Richmond, Virginia. Marvin Christopher Eley, 26, a Black male also known as Pee Wee, was found with gunshot wounds at 5:40 a.m. on the 100 block of West Federal Street and pronounced dead at the scene. Police believe he was shot about two blocks away in the 1200 block of St. James Street.

Less than an hour earlier, officers had been called to the 1200 block of St. Paul Street and found three other fatally shot victims inside an apartment: Aaron Robinson, 50, Cynthia K. Williams, 26, and Jenelle Smith, 26. Authorities later identified Eley as the person responsible for that triple homicide and, after consulting with the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office, exceptionally cleared the triple homicide because Eley was deceased.

Eley’s own killing remains under investigation; no arrests have been made and the motive for the shootings has not been established. If anyone knew Marvin Eley or has information about the events that morning, please come forward.