Aarin A. Lambert was 17 when he was shot and killed on the morning of October 8, 2007, in the 900 block of West Ladies Mile Road in North Richmond. Reports from the time describe his death as part of a sudden spate of shootings in the city that week; Richmond’s police chief Rodney D. Monroe called it an unfortunate spike amid an overall year-to-year crime decline.

Lambert, his father Ronald Jenkins, siblings and extended relatives—and note funeral services at Chiles Funeral Home with burial at Oakwood Cemetery. No named suspects, motives, or publicly documented arrests are linked to his death in the records cited.

Friends remembered a bright smile and small everyday details that marked him to others. If anyone knew Aarin, his routine, or saw anything in that neighborhood on October 8, 2007, please come forward with information.