Amir Suluki II, 33, was shot in the early hours of New Year’s Day 2020 in Richmond’s Gilpin Court neighborhood and died two days later from his wounds. Richmond Police were called about 4:38 a.m. to the 900 block of St. Paul Street and found Suluki in a courtyard behind an apartment building; he was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries and later succumbed to them.

Detectives opened an investigation into the city’s first homicide of 2020 and appealed for anyone with information to come forward. Initial reports said no suspects had been identified and no arrests had been made. The investigation remains ongoing.

If anyone saw activity near the 900 block of St. Paul Street around 4:30–5:00 a.m. on January 1, 2020, or has information about this shooting, please share what is known.