Jayson Linden Lewis, an 18-year-old Black male from Stafford, Virginia, was fatally shot in Woodbridge around 1 a.m. on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. The shooting occurred in the 14100 block of Big Crest Lane during a meeting arranged by a group of males for a marijuana transaction. Gunfire erupted and Lewis was struck in the upper body.

An acquaintance of Lewis called police after the shooting but left the scene; officers initially could not locate a victim. Lewis was taken to a local hospital in another jurisdiction and later airlifted to a trauma center, where he died that same morning. The Prince William County Police Department characterized the shooting as not random and opened a homicide investigation.

Investigators identified two juvenile suspects. On July 21, 2023, a 16-year-old male from Stafford was arrested and charged with murder, robbery, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and shooting into an occupied vehicle. On May 22, 2024, a 17-year-old male from Stafford was taken into custody on the same charges.

If anyone has information about the meeting on Big Crest Lane or witnessed the events that night, please come forward.