Tyrone J. Matthews, 23, was shot in the early morning hours of June 3, 2025, in the 2300 block of Navajo Court in Petersburg, Virginia. He was taken to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries and died later that day. Petersburg detectives opened a homicide investigation immediately after the shooting.

On June 27, 2025, authorities identified T’Assir Kobi Scott as a person of interest and circulated a description: 5 feet 10 inches tall, about 185 pounds, brown eyes and black hair. Officials asked the public not to approach him and to report sightings. No further public details about what led to the confrontation or a motive have been released, and there is no indication an arrest had been made by late August 2025.

Did anyone in Petersburg see or hear anything on Navajo Court the morning of June 3 that could help investigators or the family?