Richmond, Virginia (WRIC) – Richmond police are still searching for the killer of a man shot on his birthday in 2020.
Police said that after Andrew Gary was killed on July 28, 2020, they are investigating the murder. Detectives are resuming their call to the public to provide information that could lead to the arrest of Gary’s killer.
That Tuesday at 3:03 a.m. officers were called to a residential complex at 900 North 31st Street to report the shooting. When officers arrived, they found 33-year-old Andrew Gary downstairs and unresponsive outside the home – with a gunshot wound.
Although Richmond Ambulance Service (RAA) provided Gary with medical care, he eventually died at the scene.
According to police, Gary was with a group of friends when he was shot by someone standing near a nearby building in the complex. Since then, detectives have determined that the shooting was most likely a case of mistaken identity and may have been linked to a shooting at the same location two weeks earlier. killed a 15-year-old boy and injured a 3-year-old girl.
Andrew Gary’s family presented his photo in hopes of getting advice and information from those who knew him or have details about the shooting that took his life on his birthday.
Anyone with information about the murder is asked to call Detective N. Reese at 804-646-0712 or Crime Stoppers at 804-780-1000.