Clayton Wyatt, 39, a Black man from Richmond, Virginia, was shot late on the night of February 25, 2025, in the city’s Southside, in the 1700 block of Southlawn Avenue near Commerce Road. Officers found Wyatt suffering from a gunshot wound just before midnight; he was taken to a hospital and died hours later. The scene became the start of a homicide investigation as detectives worked to reconstruct who was present and what led to the shooting, while the Medical Examiner prepared to determine the official cause and manner of death.

Months later, two men were arrested and charged in connection with Wyatt’s killing: R’Keem Thomas, 35, of Chesterfield, who turned himself in on March 5, 2025, and Rodney Staples, 34, of Richmond, who was arrested in Houston, Texas, on June 2, 2025, with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Regional Fugitive Task Force. Both were charged with murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.

If anyone has information about what happened on Southlawn Avenue around midnight on February 25, 2025, please share what is known with investigators.