Demetrise Chante Simmons was 42 when she was shot in her Richmond apartment on the morning of Friday, May 6, 2022. Police found her and her friend, 38-year-old Jermorlo Napolean Butler, suffering from gunshot wounds in an apartment in the 2500 block of Rosetta Street in the Fairfield Court area at about 1:46 a.m. Butler was pronounced dead at the scene; Simmons was taken to a hospital and died later that day. The medical examiner later confirmed the cause and manner of death.

Known as Dee, Simmons was a mother of three sons and a grandmother. Her family has publicly pressed for answers, offering a reward and asking anyone with information to come forward. The Richmond Police Department opened a homicide investigation; as of late 2025 no suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests announced.

Did anyone in the Fairfield Court area that night see or hear anything that could help bring answers to the family?