Travis Lamont Coleman, 34, was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds near Arlington Road and Raleigh Street in Hopewell, Virginia, on September 5, 2025 at about 8:39 p.m. Officers who responded to a report of an unresponsive male say Coleman died at the scene. The Hopewell Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Unit opened a homicide investigation; the department described this as the city’s sixth murder of the year.

Detective Shawn Grant is listed as the lead investigator and the department asked anyone with information to contact them or the Hopewell Prince George Crime Solvers hotline; tips may be provided anonymously. A YouTube post on September 6, 2025 carried a title claiming an arrest, but the video could not be viewed and no official release or news report has confirmed any arrest or identified suspects.

If anyone has information about Coleman, the location that evening, or the events that led to the shooting, please contact the Hopewell Police Department or the Crime Solvers hotline.