Kevin Antoine Richey Jr., a 20-year-old Black man, was fatally shot on August 21, 2020, on the near-northwest side of Indianapolis. Officers responded just after 1:35 p.m. to the 900 block of Edgemont Avenue, a residential street west of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, after reports of a person shot.

Richey was found alive and breathing but with serious injuries; he was taken to a hospital in critical condition and later died. The Marion County Coroner’s Office listed multiple gunshot wounds as the cause of death and ruled the death a homicide. Richey’s mother, Chrystal Gray, said her son pleaded with the shooter that he was not the intended target, but the shooter fired anyway. Detectives opened a homicide investigation and asked the public for tips; as of the latest reports no suspect has been publicly identified or arrested.

If anyone has information about what happened on Edgemont Avenue that afternoon, please contact homicide detectives or Crime Stoppers.