Louis Anthony Boone, 18, was shot and killed on the evening of March 9, 2026, while playing basketball in Dumfries, Virginia. A recent Freedom High School graduate and freshman at Norfolk State University studying mass communications, Boone was home for spring break and active with the student newspaper, the Spartan Echo, as a photographer and a member of the National Association of Black Journalists.

The shooting occurred about 5:30 p.m. on a court in the 1800 block of Potomac Shores Parkway after a dispute between Boone’s group and another group that had arrived. Five people aged 16 to 20 were shot; Boone died at a local hospital and four others were treated and expected to recover. Prince William County police opened a homicide investigation and have identified 19-year-old J Shaun Zomari Williams as a suspect, with warrants charging murder and firearm offenses. A 17-year-old from Woodbridge who was wounded was arrested after release from hospital and charged with felony homicide and weapon offenses and is held at a juvenile detention center.

Friends and family recall Boone as joyful and energetic, with a bright future cut short by senseless violence. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to come forward.