Adrionna Brooks-West, 20, was shot and killed in Petersburg, Virginia, on Sunday night, September 3, 2023. Police found the Virginia State University sophomore deceased while responding to reports of gunfire in the 700 block of High Street at about 11:04 p.m. Originally from Chester, Virginia, she was studying agriculture and remembered as motivated and spirited.

The Petersburg Bureau of Police investigated the fatal shooting and arrested a male juvenile suspect soon afterward. The unnamed youth was charged with first-degree murder, three counts of shooting into an occupied vehicle, and using a firearm in the commission of a felony. Brooks-West’s death was the second fatal shooting of a Virginia State University student within nine days, a development that deeply affected the campus community.

If anyone knew Adrionna, saw activity on High Street that night, or has information about the shooting, please share what is known with investigators.