Timothy D. Hicks was 19 and from Sandston, Virginia, when he was shot on the night of Saturday, April 22, 2023. He was taken to the emergency room at VCU Health with a gunshot wound and died at the hospital on April 23, 2023.

Henrico County Police identified a residence in the 3700 block of Whitlock Avenue as the crime scene and opened a homicide investigation into the shooting, described as gun violence. Authorities soon identified a suspect and arrested 18-year-old William Lamonte Johnson of Henrico County. Johnson was charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and was being held without bond at the Henrico County jail as the investigation continued.

Anyone who knew Timothy, who was at the Whitlock Avenue residence that night, or who has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.