Riccardo “Cardi” Burnett Jr., 38, a Black / African American male from Chester, Pennsylvania, was remembered online as someone rooted in family, work, and the city where he had lived since childhood. He was born on May 1, 1981, at Bryn Mawr Hospital to Carole Turner and the late Riccardo Burnett Sr., and his obituary described a life shaped by spirituality, education, sports, and a close family network.
During his early years he lived in West Philadelphia and Wayne before moving to Chester in 1982. He grew up playing basketball, attended local schools, earned his G.E.D., worked from a young age, and later held jobs with U.P.S., Firpos and Sons, and Rastelli Foods Group. He was also a father of three daughters: Briona, Mariah, and Ahyana.
Online memorial information tied Burnett's death to gun violence in Chester on September 22, 2019, while his funeral-home obituary lists his transition date as September 20, 2019. The gun-violence memorial and linked news reference place the incident in Chester and identify him as a fatal shooting victim. News coverage connected to his memorial described the killing as Chester's 13th homicide of the year and noted that it happened just hours after officials had announced a crackdown on gun violence in the city. The available public details indicate that Burnett was found wounded after a shooting and did not survive.
The public record available online does not identify a named suspect or suspects in Burnett's killing. No arrest announcement, charging document, trial report, conviction, sentencing entry, or punishment tied specifically to Riccardo Burnett Jr.'s homicide was located in the accessible online sources reviewed. As of the available public information, the case appears to have remained without a publicly documented arrest or conviction.
After his death, Burnett's family gathered for services in October 2019. His viewing and funeral were scheduled at Power In the Cross, Grace Lutheran Church in Norristown, followed by interment at Rolling Green Memorial Park in West Chester. His obituary remembered him as personable, protective of his loved ones, quick to laugh, fond of music and sports, and someone whose smile and jokes stayed with the people around him after the violence that ended his life.
