On December 14, 2024, around 1:21 p.m., Richmond police responded to a report of a robbery in progress on the 3600 block of Richmond Highway that was quickly upgraded to a shooting. Officers found 37-year-old Richmond resident Wesley Jefferson on the ground with an apparent gunshot wound. Emergency services took him to a local hospital, where he later died. The Medical Examiner was to determine the cause and manner of death.

Wesley J. Jefferson, known to some as Woo, was remembered as having a big heart and being funny and humble and had attended George Wythe High School. Richmond Police Major Crimes detectives were actively investigating and seeking information from the public in the weeks after the shooting.

If anyone has information about the events on December 14 on the 3600 block of Richmond Highway, please share what you know with Richmond police.