In the early morning hours of Sunday, October 6, 2019, the life of 22-year-old DeVon A. Lyles was tragically cut short in the Shockoe Bottom neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. At approximately 2:37 a.m., Richmond Police officers in the area heard the sound of gunshots and quickly responded to the 1700 block of East Broad Street where they discovered Lyles suffering from a gunshot wound.
Emergency services transported Lyles to a local hospital, but he succumbed to his injuries and was
pronounced dead at 3:04 a.m. Homicide detectives determined that the shooting had actually occurred in the 200 block of North 18th Street, after which Lyles ran to the location on East Broad Street where he collapsed.
An investigation into the death of DeVon Lyles, a male resident of the 2100 block of Mandalay Drive, was launched by the Richmond Police Department's Major Crimes unit. More than a month later, on November 19, 2019, authorities announced that two suspects had been apprehended in connection with the homicide. The U.S. Marshals Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested 23-year-old Raymond R. Mason, III, of Petersburg on November 17, and 23-year-old Rawqwon C. Hinton, also of Petersburg, on November 18. Both men were charged in Lyles' death.
