ChaeMeshia AShanti Simms, a 30-year-old Black transgender woman sometimes called ChaeChae, was shot and killed in Richmond, Virginia, in the early morning hours of November 23, 2020. Just before 6 a.m., first responders found Simms as the sole occupant of a rental car that had crashed into a detached garage in an alleyway; she had sustained a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Family and friends remembered Simms as kind and caring; her father called the loss tremendously heartbreaking and publicly urged whoever was responsible to come forward. A candlelight vigil was held and the family pledged to keep searching for answers. Police said a man was seen leaving the area on foot around the time of the shooting and asked residents to review surveillance footage for suspicious activity. An arrest connected to other outstanding warrants was made in December; authorities said additional charges related to Simms’s death were pending.

Does anyone in Richmond have surveillance footage or information about the alleyway around 6 a.m. on November 23, 2020?