On January 1, 2025, 19-year-old Andrew Kareem Giles Jr., known to family as AJ or Angel Bear, was found dead inside a vehicle that had crashed into a residence in the 14900 block of Broadwater Way in Chesterfield County, Virginia. Police arrived just before 1 a.m. and determined Giles had sustained fatal gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Giles was a Black male from Henrico County.

Within a day detectives identified 20-year-old Nekyi Cherry of Richmond as a suspect. Cherry was taken into custody in Henrico County on the evening of January 2 with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service Capital Area Fugitive Task Force and charged with second-degree murder and shooting in a public place; he is being held at the Chesterfield County Jail without bond. Investigators later named a second suspect, a male who was 14 at the time of the shooting; juvenile petitions for first-degree murder and related firearm offenses were issued in August and he was arrested on August 19 and placed in juvenile detention. The probe remains ongoing.

If anyone knew Andrew, his movements that night, or has information about the shooting, please come forward to assist the investigation.