Cody Austin Woodson was a 20-year-old junior at Virginia Commonwealth University studying computer science and serving as president of the campus Linux Users Group. Described by family and friends as kind and genuine with a charismatic smile, he had secured an internship and was described as having a promising future.

On the evening of April 5, 2021, in the Carver neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia, Cody was shot and killed after spending the day with his girlfriend. He had stepped outside his residence on Gilmer Street to take out the trash and was heading to a nearby corner store when he was killed. The shooting happened at the same location where another fatal shooting occurred less than 24 hours earlier, and police investigated a possible connection between the two incidents. His girlfriend had been with him minutes before the shooting.

The Richmond Police Department opened an investigation that has been hampered by a lack of witnesses and significant leads. By late 2022 no arrests or publicly identified suspects had been reported, and a billboard was placed on West Marshall Street near the scene asking for information. Does anyone who knew Cody or was in the Carver neighborhood that night have information that could help the investigation?