On the evening of July 14, 1993, 19-year-old Dedric Mason was shot once in the head on the 3700 block of Mainsail Court in the Twin Canal apartment complex in Virginia Beach. Officers arriving at about 10:30 p.m. found Mason alive and he was taken to a hospital, but his wound proved fatal. The State Medical Examiner’s Office ruled his death a homicide.

Witnesses reported an argument between Mason and two other Black males shortly before the shooting. According to those accounts, one of the men fired a single shot, then both suspects ran to a dark-colored vehicle, described as possibly a Cadillac Seville or Eldorado with temporary license plates, and were last seen driving south on Lynnhaven Parkway.

No arrests have been made and the Virginia Beach Police Department lists the case as an active cold investigation. If anyone remembers that night or saw a dark Cadillac with temporary plates near Lynnhaven Parkway on July 14, 1993, please contact investigators with any information.