Kendell L. Coward, 34, was shot and killed in the early morning of March 20, 2017, inside an apartment on the 1900 block of Raven Street in Richmond’s Mosby Court neighborhood. Police were called shortly before 2:30 a.m. for a person down; first responders found Coward with a gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators with the Major Crimes Unit believe he was shot as he was entering the residence where his body was found.

Coward had been arrested in April 2016 and charged with conspiracy to commit murder in connection with a homicide on the same block of Raven Street, a fact that added complexity to inquiries after his own death. The March 2017 killing was the second fatal shooting on that block within about six weeks. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests or charges have been announced in connection with his homicide.

If anyone has information about incidents on Raven Street around that time or about Kendell Coward’s last movements, please share what is known.