A deadly confrontation in Groveton ended with 38-year-old Darryl Roberts of Washington, D.C., shot in the parking lot of an apartment complex on Jon Paul Drive on the evening of April 7, 2025. Police were called about an unconscious man at about 8:27 p.m.; officers found Roberts with gunshot wounds to his upper body and he was pronounced dead at a hospital after initial life-saving efforts.

Investigators identified 35-year-old Paul Brown, also of Washington, D.C., as the person involved in the altercation with Roberts. The two men were known to one another. Brown contacted Alexandria emergency communications at 8:24 p.m. to report he had shot a man who had assaulted him, then fled the scene in a stolen Nissan Sentra. Virginia State Police spotted the vehicle on Richmond Highway and initiated a pursuit that was later terminated for public safety.

Working with Alexandria and Metropolitan police, Fairfax County located Brown at his Washington residence; he was taken to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries and then to the D.C. Central Detention Facility. Brown faces second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony charges and is awaiting extradition to Fairfax County to face them. Does anyone have information about Roberts, his movements that night, or the relationship between him and Brown?