On the early morning of October 23, 2022, gunfire on the 200 block of West Main Street in Charlottesville, Virginia, ended the life of 31-year-old Davonn Jamar Wilson. The shooting erupted after an altercation inside Lucky Blue’s restaurant and bar; Wilson tried to flee and was followed outside, where the gunman continued to fire. Wilson suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was later pronounced dead at the University of Virginia Medical Center.

Two female bystanders were also struck during the shooting; their injuries were reported as non-life-threatening and they survived. The Charlottesville Police Department, working with the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Marshals Service, identified a suspect. Marcel Darell Washington of Charlotte, North Carolina, was arrested in Tennessee on October 28, 2022, and extradited to Charlottesville to face charges. He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and malicious wounding and was sentenced to 80 years in prison.

If anyone witnessed the altercation at Lucky Blue’s or the shooting on West Main Street, or has additional information, please share what is known.