The first victim was Joseph Curtis Johnson, 44, found dead on August 27, 2016. Police treated his death as a homicide and opened a homicide investigation, but detectives struggled with few leads and no reliable eyewitnesses. The Richmond Police Department appealed to the public for any information; the case eventually went cold and remains unsolved with no arrests announced.

The second incident occurred just before midnight on August 19, 2020, in the Gilpin Court neighborhood. Seventeen-year-old Joseph Johnson, a student at Thomas Jefferson High School, was found shot in an alley alongside another person and later died of his injuries. The Richmond Police Department opened an investigation; no arrests or named suspects are reported and the investigation is open.

If anyone knew either Joseph Johnson or has information about either killing, please contact the Richmond Police Department.