On the morning of Saturday, June 13, 2026, Joel Reed, 42, was found with a gunshot wound in the 3300 block of Rosewood Avenue in Richmond, Virginia. A call came in at about 5:36 a.m.; when officers arrived they located Reed down and unresponsive. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Richmond Police Department Major Crimes detectives opened a homicide investigation and quickly developed a theory that the shooting grew out of a personal dispute rather than being random. Investigators identified 49-year-old Richmond resident Autberto Salcedo as the primary suspect. Salcedo was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, with a booking report dated June 13, 2026.

Reed’s death left his neighborhood reeling as the case moved into the initial stages of the judicial process. If anyone saw or heard anything in the area of Rosewood Avenue that morning, can you share what you know with investigators?