On Sunday afternoon, May 21, 2023, a verbal dispute between two men outside the Misty Ridge Apartments on Lost Canyon Court in Woodbridge, Virginia, escalated into gunfire. Michael Eugene Hawkins III, 25, was shot in the abdomen during the exchange. Emergency responders gave first aid and transported him to a local hospital; he died of his injuries the next day, May 22, 2023.

Authorities identified the other man as 34-year-old Jeffrey Donelle Hampton and issued a warrant charging him with murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and shooting into an occupied dwelling. Hampton was described as a Black male about 5 feet 11 inches with a distinctive neck tattoo. A reward of up to $10,000 was at one point offered for information leading to his capture.

Hampton later turned himself in and was arrested; he is being held without bond awaiting a court date. If anyone witnessed the confrontation near Misty Ridge Apartments or has information about the dispute that led to the shooting, please come forward.