In the late evening of January 25, 2025, police responded to a shooting at a motel in the 100 block of Greshamwood Place in Richmond, Virginia. Officers found 52-year-old Darrell Anthony Mann on the motel room floor; he had been shot and was taken to a local hospital, where he later died.

Mann was born February 19, 1972, and was a Richmond native who served in the U.S. Army with the 82nd Airborne. After his discharge he worked as an upholsterer, a skill he learned in high school. Described as a storyteller, a Civil War enthusiast and someone who didn’t meet a stranger, he was remembered for a willingness to help others.

Investigators continued the probe in the weeks after the shooting and announced an arrest in March. Authorities said the person taken into custody was acquainted with Mann and indicated the shooting may have been personal. Is anyone in Richmond familiar with Mann, the motel, or who might have been with him that night?