On the evening of April 2, 2024, deputies responding to a disturbance in the 4800 block of Lee Highway in the Dublin area of Pulaski County found 25-year-old Chad Odell Pennington of Hiwassee dead at the scene. Investigators determined Pennington had been shot multiple times.

Authorities identified Daniel Nathen Janack as the person who shot Pennington. Janack allegedly stole Pennington’s vehicle and fled south into North Carolina. Around 5 a.m. on April 3, law enforcement in Selma, North Carolina, arrested Janack after a vehicle pursuit; he was driving the stolen vehicle. Janack was later extradited to Virginia on April 17 and charged with second-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, grand larceny and conspiracy to commit grand larceny. He was held without bond at the New River Regional Jail.

If anyone has information about what led to the disturbance that night or witnessed activity on Lee Highway that evening, please come forward.