Terrell M. Hancock Jr., known as Dexter, was 24 when he was shot and killed in Richmond, Virginia, in the early hours of Tuesday, September 19, 2023. At about 12:45 a.m. officers answered reports of gunfire in the 1500 block of Mechanicsville Turnpike and found Hancock unresponsive on a walkway at the front of a building; he was pronounced dead at the scene from an apparent gunshot wound. Hancock lived in nearby Chesterfield and had once been featured as a child playing for the Mosby Spartans little league team.

Detectives opened a homicide investigation but investigators have not publicly identified any suspects or announced arrests. The circumstances that led to the shooting remain unclear and authorities have asked anyone with information to contact Detective C. Tovar or Crime Stoppers. If anyone knew Terrell or has information about what happened that night, please come forward to help the investigation.