On a late evening in Norfolk, Virginia, a shooting inside the 7-Eleven on West 26th Street left 25-year-old Walter Eugene Painter dead. The incident began on May 11, 2023, when Painter and 25-year-old Jalen Savion White-Kennedy entered the store and encountered a 22-year-old clerk both men knew. White-Kennedy produced a firearm and opened fire; the clerk, who was armed, took cover and returned fire. Both Painter and the clerk were struck.

Police found the clerk injured inside the store and Painter outside; both were taken to hospital. Painter died of his wounds, with an official date of passing recorded as May 12, 2023. White-Kennedy fled the scene but was later identified by the clerk and other witnesses. He was arrested on July 6, 2023, and later pleaded guilty to malicious wounding, use of a firearm in the commission of malicious wounding, and being a felon in possession of a firearm, receiving a 12-year sentence plus revocation of previously suspended time.

Does anyone have information about Painter’s movements that night or knew him personally?