On November 11, 2021, 18-year-old Daveon Amari Elliot, a Black male, was shot and killed in Richmond’s Westover neighborhood. He was taken to Chippenham Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. Richmond Police investigated the shooting and later concluded Elliot died during an attempted drive-by shooting targeting Malachi Mann, a friend of Shawn Jackson. Authorities ruled that Mann fatally shot Elliot and classified the death as a justifiable homicide; no charges were filed in connection with Elliot’s killing.

That ruling was reported to have sparked calls for retaliation. On June 6, 2023, following a Huguenot High School graduation at the Altria Theater, Shawn Jackson and his stepfather were shot and killed. The alleged shooter was identified as Amari Pollard, described as a friend of Daveon Elliot, and was later arrested and charged with murder. Was anyone in Westover that night of November 11 who might have seen or heard the events leading up to the shooting of Daveon Elliot?