A fatal shooting in Franklin, Virginia, left 37-year-old Davon Davis dead in the early hours of September 28, 2024. Police were called around 3:12 a.m. to the 1600 block of Dorchester Street after a vehicle had crashed into a house; officers found Davis inside with gunshot wounds. Emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene.

The Franklin Police Department opened an active homicide investigation and asked neighbors in the Dorchester Street and Dorchester Square Apartments area to check surveillance footage. No arrests or suspects have been publicly identified as of the latest reports. Few details are available about what happened before the crash and shooting.

If anyone in the neighborhood saw suspicious activity that morning or has camera footage from the area, please contact the Franklin Police Department with any information that could help the investigation.