In the early morning hours of April 8, 2024, a violent disturbance in the 800 block of Washington Avenue in Vinton, Virginia, left 58-year-old Terrence Burton dead of a gunshot wound. Officers arrived at about 4:21 a.m. and found Burton and a 43-year-old woman both injured; both were taken to Roanoke Memorial Hospital, where Burton died and the woman was treated and released.

Authorities arrested 44-year-old Shane Stager of Hardy, Virginia, initially on charges of malicious wounding and possession of a firearm by a non-violent felon. Later court testimony said the injured woman was Stager’s ex-girlfriend and that Burton had allegedly stabbed her inside her apartment before Stager fatally shot Burton. Charges against Stager were updated to include second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and the matter was scheduled for presentation to a Roanoke County Circuit Court grand jury in August 2024.

Does anyone have information about the apartment on Washington Avenue or witnessed activity in Vinton that night?