La-tiyah S. Hood, 28, was killed in Richmond, Virginia, during New Year’s celebrations on January 1, 2020. She was at a gathering in the 2500 block of North Avenue when someone fired guns into the air; a stray bullet struck her just before 12:15 a.m. She was privately transported to a hospital and died shortly after arrival.

Richmond Police opened an investigation that led to the arrest of 25-year-old Mateen B. Johnson of Henrico, who was charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with Hood’s death. Hood was a mother of two; her family, including her mother Stephanie Brandon, publicly described the loss and the impact on the children.

Who has information about the events that night or about celebratory gunfire in that neighborhood?