On the night of July 27, 2022, gunfire erupted at the Woodside Village apartment complex on Piney Forest Road in Danville. Police found 23-year-old Darick Lamont Richardson II in the parking lot near the F and K buildings with multiple gunshot wounds. He was airlifted to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital but died the following morning, July 28, 2022.

The Danville Police Department opened a homicide investigation, processed the scene, and asked residents to check surveillance footage. On August 22, 2022, a grand jury indicted 30-year-old Richard Lee Wilson Jr. on charges including first-degree murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony; he was being held in the Danville City Jail on an unrelated matter and was held without bond for Richardson’s killing. A jury trial had been scheduled for August 31, 2023, but prosecutors terminated the indictment after a key prosecution witness died two weeks before trial. The investigation into Richardson’s death remains open.

Does anyone with knowledge of Woodside Village or that night have information that could help this investigation?