Jonathan Johnson Jr., 25, was shot and killed on the evening of May 6, 2023, in the parking lot of a 7-Eleven in the 500 block of Aberdeen Road in Hampton. He was in the company of another 25-year-old Norfolk man, Keshawn Hawkins; both were found with gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead at the scene. The Hampton Police Department opened a homicide investigation and on May 8, 2023 released photographs of people they believed might be suspects, but no arrests have been publicly announced and the case remains open.

Known to some as Lil John John, Johnson was a Black man who had served in the U.S. Army as a diesel mechanic after graduating from Granby High School’s ROTC program. He is remembered by family as a loving father with a strong sense of humor. If anyone in Hampton or Norfolk saw activity in the Aberdeen Road 7-Eleven parking lot that night or has information about the individuals released on May 8, please share what you know with investigators.