Jaelyn Barham-Wooden, 20, a Black woman, was shot late on the night of February 15, 2025, in Richmond’s East End. Just before 10:45 p.m., patrol officers were dispatched to the 1300 block of Jennie Scher Road after a call came in that someone had been shot. The address sits near the Ashley Oaks Apartments and not far from Gillies Creek Park, a stretch of the city that can feel quiet until sirens turn the neighborhood into a spill of flashing lights and hurried voices.
When officers rea
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