Dontae Grissom was 29 when he was shot on the afternoon of Tuesday, October 19, 2021, on the 1800 block of Rogers Street in Richmond, Virginia. Officers arrived about 3:29 p.m. and found him with apparent gunshot wounds; he was taken to a hospital and later died. The medical examiner confirmed the cause of death.

Grissom was a father of five and was about a week shy of his 30th birthday. His mother, Felicia Grissom, said he had struggled with street involvement, and she mourned the role that stolen guns and drugs played in his life. She remembers their last conversation ended with an I love you.

The Richmond Police Department opened a homicide investigation and asked the public for information. No suspects had been publicly identified and no arrests announced in the initial reports. If anyone knew Dontae or has information about the shooting, please come forward to investigators.