On the evening of April 27, 2021, gunfire erupted in the courtyard of the Belt Atlantic Apartments on Midlothian Turnpike in Richmond, Virginia. Thirty-year-old Sharnez Shy-Shy Hill and her 3-month-old daughter Neziah were struck; Hill died at the scene and Neziah died shortly afterward. Three other people — a 29-year-old woman, a 15-year-old girl, and an 11-year-old girl — were wounded and survived. The Richmond Police Department determined the shooting stemmed from a shootout between two groups and say the gunfire targeted a specific apartment.

Police arrested several suspects in the days that followed, including Donald Hemmings, 22; Shyheem Martin, 23; Shamondrick Perry, 19; and an 18-year-old, Kavon Bynum. Authorities also launched a manhunt for Kavon’s twin brother, Kevon Bynum, who was charged in connection with the incident. A portion of Wythemar Avenue in Richmond was later given the honorary designation of Sharnez & Neziah Hill Lane.

Did anyone in Richmond know Sharnez or Neziah or have information about the shooting?