Daniel Christian Rodgers, 28, was shot to death on March 29, 2024, at the Dale Homes Apartments in Portsmouth, Virginia. Officers who were responding to an unrelated call heard the gunshots and found Rodgers with multiple gunshot wounds; despite aid from officers at the scene he was pronounced dead there. Law enforcement described the shooting as an attempted robbery.

Shortly after the killing, rumors suggested an officer-involved shooting. The Portsmouth Police Department released surveillance footage showing officers were not the shooters. Investigators identified three persons of interest; one was publicly named as 23-year-old Maris Riddick Whitfield of Chesapeake, while the other two names were not released. At least one person of interest has been arrested, but no public information about formal charges or convictions was provided.

Rodgers was a business owner and community mentor. Police asked anyone who was at the apartment complex that night or who has information to come forward.