On the night of November 8, 2025, 20-year-old Griffin Hammond of Richmond was fatally shot near the busy intersection of Potrero Avenue and Carlson Boulevard, just off Interstate 580 by the Laurel Park neighborhood and the Stop and Shop Market. Multiple 911 calls brought officers to the scene around 8:09–8:10 p.m., where Hammond was found gravely wounded in the street and later pronounced dead despite life-saving efforts. Streets were sealed as investigators placed dozens of evidence markers across the roadway and in the market parking lot documenting shell casings and other traces of the shooting.

A second person with a gunshot wound arrived at a local trauma center a short time later, and detectives have been exploring whether that injury is connected. Richmond homicide detectives canvassed the area, reviewed calls and surveillance footage, but in the days that followed no clear suspect description, getaway vehicle, or motive was released. Family and friends launched a GoFundMe describing Hammond as a devoted son and caring friend; donations had reached the tens of thousands by mid-November to help with funeral expenses. If anyone knew Griffin Hammond or witnessed activity near Potrero and Carlson that night, can you help investigators by sharing what you saw?