Diamond Reneé Cox was 21 when she was found with a gunshot wound outside an apartment building in the 3400 block of Howard Road in Henrico County during the pre-dawn hours of May 19, 2023. Police responded to a shooting call at about 3:41 a.m. and discovered Cox on the ground; officers began life-saving measures and she was later transported to a local hospital, where she died of her injuries.

Henrico Police investigated the incident as a homicide and spent several weeks following leads and gathering information from the community. On June 29, 2023, officers located and arrested 22-year-old Brian Keith Kelly Jr., a Richmond resident; he was taken into custody at a Richmond residence and charged in connection with Cox’s death, including second-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

If anyone has information about Diamond, the shooting that night, or the events leading up to it, please share what you know.