Rodney J. Shelton was 18 when he was shot and killed in Richmond, Virginia, on October 10, 2012. At about 11:01 p.m. gunfire was reported in the 2600 block of Q Street in the city’s East End. Police found two people shot outside a residence; Shelton was pronounced dead at the scene. A female victim was also wounded and taken to VCU Medical Center, where she recovered.

Shelton’s death was recorded as Richmond’s 37th homicide of 2012 and the eighth in that specific area. The case remains open and unsolved; no arrests have been announced and no motive or suspect information has been released. Anyone with information about that night is asked to come forward.