In the early morning of July 26, 2026, deputies responded to a Pinhook Road home in the Rockville area of Hanover County after a call reporting an alleged suicide. First responders pronounced 29-year-old Adonis Bernard Patrick dead at the scene at about 1:32 a.m. Initial impressions of a self-inflicted wound were revised when investigators concluded the evidence did not support suicide and instead pointed to a violent altercation.

Authorities say Patrick was involved in a physical struggle with a woman during which a firearm was discharged. Nineteen-year-old Emily-Asia Lynn Pierce of Rockville was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter, reckless handling of a firearm, and underage consumption of alcohol; she was held without bond at Pamunkey Regional Jail. Law enforcement confirmed Patrick’s death as a homicide and continues to seek information about what happened on Pinhook Road.

If anyone saw activity in the Rockville area that night or has information about the altercation, please come forward.