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Buckingham Graduate Killed in Richmond

   Written by on April 14, 2021 at 1:18 pm

RICHMOND – Cody Woodson, a 2018 Buckingham County High School graduate, was killed last week in a shooting in the Richmond area. Woodson was a VCU student and according to the Richmond Police Department, officers were called to Gilmer Street in Richmond around 8:12 p.m. Monday night, April 5, for a reported shooting.

Officers found Woodson on the sidewalk with gunshot wounds and he was pronounced dead at the scene from the injuries he sustained.

Virginia Commonwealth University issued a statement that police don’t currently know the motive and the shooter was last seen running west from the area.

According to reports, Woodson was taking out the trash and then planning to head to a nearby convenience store when the shooting took place.

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