Kenneth Charles Bage, a White 54-year-old man, was killed on February 16, 2017, inside a home on Briar Lane in Henrico County, Virginia, after a late-night break-in turned violent.
In the account relayed by family members, Bage’s wife, Wanda, was in a bedroom when multiple intruders forced their way into the house. Bage was in the living room, seated in an armchair, when the intruders confronted Bage and shots were fired.
Family members said Bage was shot and killed there in the living room.
The family’s telling carried an unsettling detail: Wanda survived and later described what was witnessed to both relatives and investigators. A relative said nothing appeared to have been taken and Wanda was not shot, leaving the family struggling to understand why the break-in ended with lethal force instead of theft.
Henrico Police characterized the death as suspicious at the time, confirming only that Bage had been found with obvious signs of trauma while the investigation continued. Those close to Bage described a life rooted in family and steady work, remembering Bage as a retired handyman known for showing up quickly when someone needed help.
In later reporting compiled by a gun-violence incident tracker, Ryan Dillon, 21, was listed as a suspect and recorded as arrested in connection with the killing. Publicly available summaries in that compilation did not provide a detailed narrative of how the arrest unfolded, but they did identify Dillon by name and noted the arrest status.
