Kyron Hoskey

Kyron Hoskey was a 28-year-old Black man and a former standout linebacker from Hermitage High School in Henrico County, Virginia. In 2014, he had signed a letter of intent to continue his football career at Virginia Union University. His life was cut short in what his family and friends would later describe as a senseless act of violence that left them devastated.

In the early morning hours of April 6, 2024, Richmond police officers responded to a call about a shooting. At approximately 3:19 a.m., they arrived at a residence in the 2200 block of North 23rd Street. Inside the home, they discovered Kyron Hoskey on the floor with an apparent gunshot wound. First responders pronounced him dead at the scene. It was later revealed that he had been shot nine times.

The investigation uncovered that the shooting took place at the home of the suspect's girlfriend. According to court testimony, Hoskey and another man had been drinking when an argument broke out. During the altercation, two young children were asleep upstairs, and a friend who was present had to jump from a second-story window to run for help.

Police quickly identified a suspect, 28-year-old Juwan Lewis of Richmond, a FedEx employee. After shooting Hoskey, Lewis allegedly threatened to kill his girlfriend before fleeing the scene in his FedEx truck. He was arrested on April 12, 2024. A grand jury subsequently indicted Lewis on charges of murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a murder, and discharging a firearm into an occupied building.

In February 2025, a jury convicted Juwan Lewis of first-degree murder in what a prosecutor termed an "execution-style slaying." On May 16, 2025, a judge sentenced Lewis to 40 years in prison. During sentencing, the judge described Lewis's actions as "excessively violent" and noted that he showed no remorse, stating she struggled to find mercy. An assistant commonwealth's attorney expressed hope that the conviction and sentence would provide some closure for Hoskey's family as they moved forward to heal together.