In the early morning hours of September 24, 2022, 30-year-old Nene Aida Klein was shot and killed in Richmond, Virginia. Officers responding to reports of a shooting at about 2:40 a.m. found Klein on the 600 block of Elgin Terrace; she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators treated the case as a domestic-related incident and identified 30-year-old Laquan Johnson of Chesterfield as a suspect. He was located and arrested in Orange County, Virginia, by the U.S. Marshal Service Fugitive Task Force and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department and charged with first-degree murder; police said additional charges were pending as the investigation continued.

The shooting devastated Klein’s family, friends, and the Richmond community. If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Klein, please share it with Richmond police.