On the night of Sunday, December 21, 2025, Richmond police responded to gunshots detected just before midnight in the 1600 block of Spotsylvania Street in the city’s East End. Officers found 20-year-old Dameon Felix on the ground with an apparent gunshot wound; emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. Major Crimes detectives took over the investigation and began canvassing the neighborhood for witnesses and evidence.

Felix was a Richmond resident and a 2023 graduate of Huguenot High School. Family remembered him as a lively presence and one of nine siblings. As of the days after the shooting no arrests had been announced and no public suspects named. Police asked anyone with information to contact Major Crimes detectives or submit an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers.

If anyone knew Dameon, saw activity in the 1600 block of Spotsylvania Street around 11:56 p.m. on December 21, 2025, or has tips, please come forward.