On the evening of January 28, 2023, 36-year-old Eldridge Vandrew Smith, a Black man, was found inside an SUV in the 1100 block of Grove Street in Charlottesville, Virginia, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Police arrived at about 9:41 p.m.; Smith was pronounced dead at the scene. A Ring doorbell camera later captured the sound of 14 shots fired.

Detectives identified 38-year-old Tadashi Demetrius Keyes, a Charlottesville resident, and arrested him on charges that included second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; a grand jury later upgraded the homicide charge to first-degree murder. Trial evidence included video of Keyes and Smith together in the vehicle shortly before the shooting and text messages showing Smith had tried, about half an hour earlier, to recruit Keyes into an anti-gun-violence group called the B.U.C.K. Squad. No clear motive for the killing was established at trial.

A jury convicted Keyes of first-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony; he was sentenced to life in prison. Did anyone who knew Eldridge Smith see him that night or have information about his contact with Keyes?