Charles Anthony Ashe Jr, 44, was shot and killed in the early hours of November 19, 2023, at the Falls Church Marriott Fairview Park hotel in Merrifield, Virginia. Police found Ashe near the elevators with gunshot wounds to his upper body; Fairfax County Fire and Rescue personnel gave immediate aid and he was transported to a hospital, where he later died. Authorities have said the shooting was not random.

Investigators say Ashe entered a hotel room occupied by 43-year-old Hiep Van Vo and four others; detectives allege Vo shot Ashe inside that room. Friends of Ashe carried him toward an elevator after the shots, and Vo fled the hotel. Officers later located Vo’s unoccupied vehicle in Gaithersburg and, working with federal and Montgomery County partners, arrested Vo outside a Giant supermarket in Gaithersburg the same day. Evidence of narcotics was reported inside the hotel room.

A Fairfax County grand jury indicted Vo in May 2024 on second-degree murder, use of a firearm during a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Did anyone have contact with Charles that night or information about events in that hotel room?