Derrit Banks, 55, was shot and killed the evening of February 25, 2024, on the 300 block of West Clay Street in Richmond. Officers responded about 7:08 p.m.; Banks was found with an apparent gunshot wound, taken to a hospital and later died from his injuries.

Investigators arrested 49-year-old Jermorrie Simmons and charged him with second-degree murder; police at one point said they were not actively seeking other suspects. Court proceedings, however, revealed conflicting accounts. Banks’s 10-year-old grandson, who was at the scene, testified that Simmons was the aggressor and retrieved a firearm. Simmons said teenagers on the porch had been harassing him and that another weapon present could have fired the fatal shot. In November 2024 a judge dismissed all charges against Simmons, finding insufficient evidence that he fired the shot that killed Banks, and the death remains unsolved.

Did anyone have contact with Banks or see the porch group on the night of February 25 who can help clarify what happened?