A boy was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound inside a home at the Cool Lane Commons apartments in Henrico County on Saturday afternoon, and police say detectives are still trying to piece together what happened. He was pronounced dead at the scene after officers and firefighters converged on the 1900 block of Cool Lane, a complex tucked into the East Highland Park neighborhood near the Richmond-Henrico line.
According to WTVR, officers responding to the apartments found the boy with the gunshot wound inside the home and he was pronounced dead where he was found. WTVR reported the call came in around 4:45 p.m. Saturday, while 12 On Your Side reported that crews responded at approximately 4:44 p.m. WRIC ABC 8News also reported that police and fire crews were sent to the complex after reports of a shooting.
Police Say Everyone Involved Has Been Accounted For
Detectives remain on scene processing evidence and investigating the circumstances that led to the shooting, the station's report notes. Officials described the case as an isolated incident and said it posed no threat to the broader community, language echoed across the initial reporting on the shooting.
Per the same account, all individuals connected to the incident have been accounted for, though no names, ages, or details about a possible suspect, motive, or weapon have been released. Henrico Police is asking anyone with information about the shooting to call (804) 501-5000.
A County That Had Seen Crime Numbers Drop
The shooting lands in a county that had been highlighting improving public-safety numbers. Henrico reported no domestic-related homicides and a 58 percent drop in reported rapes in 2025 compared with the previous year, alongside a 53 percent decrease from the five-year average, according to Henrico County's crime statistics page.
The Henrico Citizen examined whether the county could maintain its historic crime dip in 2026. Separately, Henrico County residents logged 120 emergency-department visits for firearm injuries in 2025, up from 115 the year before, even as the county's firearm deaths fell to 43 in 2023 from 61 in 2022, according to data shared by the Virginia Department of Health.
No further details about the boy or the circumstances of Saturday's shooting had been released as of this report. Henrico Police have not said whether any charges are anticipated, and the investigation at Cool Lane Commons remains active.
