Kwanasia Keisha Clark was killed in an early morning shooting in Richmond, Virginia on April 27, 2023. Police were called around 2:20 a.m. to the 2200 block of Halifax Avenue in the Oak Grove area, near a neighborhood playground, and found three women shot. Kwanasia, 26, a Black woman and mother of three young children, was pronounced dead at the scene from a fatal gunshot wound; two other women suffered non-life-threatening injuries, one of whom went to a hospital and the other declined treatment.

Family members said Kwanasia was shot while trying to defend a male friend during an altercation. A large crowd gathered at the scene and further altercations were reported after police arrived. Authorities arrested 23-year-old Destiny Conway of Richmond and charged her with two counts of malicious wounding and two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony; additional charges were said to be pending as the investigation continued. Kwanasia’s family remembered her as a devoted mother, a customer service worker and security guard at group homes, and a loyal friend and sister.

If anyone saw what happened that morning or has information about the shooting, please come forward.