Davon L. Twitty, 31, was found with a gunshot wound in Richmond’s Cedarhurst neighborhood on October 21, 2022. Richmond Police responded about 11:15 p.m. to the 5700 block of Thorndale Lane and transported him to a hospital; the Medical Examiner confirmed the gunshot wound as the cause of death. Twitty was a Black United States Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, Germany, and Kuwait and had earned the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, National Defense Service Medal, and Global War on Terrorism Service Medal. He was also a student at ECPI University and worked for Performance Food Group.

Police arrested and charged 28-year-old Charles Vick IV of Chesterfield with murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and shooting into an occupied vehicle in connection with Twitty’s death. Funeral services were held at the United Nations International Church in Richmond, and he was interred at Maury Cemetery.

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