On the evening of August 29, 2024, police responded to a reported shooting in the 3700 block of Passage Way Drive in Chester, Chesterfield County, where 22-year-old Allison J. Tignor of Henrico was found with a gunshot wound and taken to a local hospital with critical injuries. Allison died of those injuries on September 3, 2024.

Investigators identified a suspect known to the victim. In the early hours of August 30, 20-year-old Seth J. Branch was arrested and initially charged with aggravated malicious wounding and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony; he was held at Riverside Regional Jail without bond. After Allison’s death, a grand jury indicted Branch on first-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a murder, and he remains held without bond as the case proceeds.

If anyone has information about Allison, her movements on the night of August 29, or knew her and can help fill in details, please share what is known.