Shortly before dawn on October 21, 2024, Richmond police responded to reports of random gunfire in the 5400 block of Hull Street Road. At about 1:26 a.m. officers found three adults with gunshot wounds in a parking lot. Nineteen-year-old Richmond resident Samir Mejia-Zelaya was discovered unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene. Two other victims, a male and a female, suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to a hospital.

The Richmond Police Department opened a death investigation and the Medical Examiner was assigned to determine the official cause and manner of death. In the days after the shooting police identified Mejia-Zelaya and asked the public for information.

If anyone saw activity in the area of the 5400 block of Hull Street Road around 1:26 a.m. on October 21, 2024, or has information about the shooting, please contact Richmond police or Crime Stoppers.