Brian Tyrone Taylor, a 42-year-old Black man from Roanoke, Virginia, was shot in the early morning hours of April 23, 2023, and later died at a hospital. Officers responding to reports of gunfire found Taylor critically wounded outside a business in the 100 block of Campbell Avenue SE shortly before 1:30 a.m. A woman with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound was found inside a nearby establishment and a third man with non-life-threatening injuries arrived at the hospital separately.

The Roanoke Police Department opened a homicide investigation. The following Monday authorities arrested 26-year-old Brandon J. Woods of Roanoke and charged him with second-degree murder.

If anyone has information about what happened on Campbell Avenue SE that night or knew Brian Taylor, please share what you know with investigators.