Deshawn Marquis Ross, 22, was shot and killed inside an apartment at the Northview Garden Apartments in Bassett, Virginia, on the evening of February 14, 2023. Henry County Public Safety EMS responded after a 6:50 p.m. call, but Ross died at the scene from at least one gunshot wound to the abdomen. He left behind a fiancée and two children; family remembered him as a devoted father, son, and brother who enjoyed time with family and friends and riding four-wheelers.

Investigators say an argument between Ross and another person escalated into the shooting. Authorities identified 22-year-old Jahari Keontae Pritchett of Martinsville as the alleged shooter. Pritchett was found and arrested in the Axton area the next morning at about 6:45 a.m. He was charged with first-degree murder, using a firearm in the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm after a prior felony conviction, and was held without bond.

Was anyone in Bassett or the Northview Garden Apartments aware of tensions between Ross and Pritchett before February 14?