Shortly after midnight on August 8, 2023, gunfire was reported at a home in the 400 block of Stallings Court in Newport News, Virginia. Police arriving at 12:55 a.m. found three men inside the residence deceased from gunshot wounds, including 36-year-old Newport News resident Derek Rico Jones. The other two victims were identified as 61-year-old Alvin Eugene Holiday and 60-year-old Monroe McGilvary Jr., both from nearby Williamsburg. A woman who had been in the home was unharmed and placed the 911 call.

Detectives continued to investigate the triple homicide for months as the community sought answers and mourned the losses. If anyone knew Derek Rico Jones, Alvin Holiday, Monroe McGilvary Jr., or saw anything in the Stallings Court area that night, please share information with Newport News police.