On the evening of New Year’s Eve, 42-year-old Nahom Beyene was found shot in the doorway of a residence on Unity Lane in Lorton, Virginia. A call came in at approximately 7:32 p.m.; Fairfax County Fire and Rescue personnel pronounced Beyene dead at the scene after officers discovered trauma to his upper body.

Detectives from the Major Crimes, Cyber and Forensics Bureau treated the death as a homicide and collected evidence including residential surveillance footage that showed several people in the area before and after the shooting. Investigators say Beyene and the person responsible knew one another. A 23-year-old Woodbridge man, Robert William Peters Jr., turned himself in, was taken to the Adult Detention Center and charged with second-degree murder and using a firearm in the commission of a felony; he was held without bond. The firearm had not been recovered in the reports.

Anyone with information about Nahom Beyene, the events on Unity Lane that night, or the missing firearm is asked to share what they know.