Benjamin Coleman Jr., 30, was killed late on the night of Tuesday, September 15 into the early hours of Wednesday, September 16, 2015, in Petersburg, Virginia. He was found in an apartment in the 700 block of Hemlock Circle in the Pecan Acres neighborhood with a gunshot wound and later died at Southside Regional Medical Center.

Benjamin, known as BJ, was a devoted father and active in his church, Harvest International Full Gospel Baptist Center. He worked for The Brickman Group Landscape Maintenance Company and had a long interest in music, playing in the Petersburg High School Marching Band and forming a musical group with his brother and a friend. The Petersburg Police Department opened a homicide investigation and asked the public for information.

No arrests or suspects have been publicly identified and the case remains open. If anyone has information about Benjamin’s death or that night in Hemlock Circle, please share what is known.