LeQuan D. Smith, 15, was killed by gunfire on the late summer evening of August 14, 2022, in Petersburg, Virginia. He and another teenager were standing in the doorway of Shortt’s Grocery on Harding and Mistletoe Streets when a silver Ford Explorer or Mercury Mountaineer reportedly drove by and shots were fired. Both boys were struck; LeQuan was taken to a hospital and died, while the other teen survived.

Petersburg Police opened an investigation and asked the public for information about the suspect vehicle and those involved. Police noted community concern after this became the city’s second juvenile death in a short period. No public announcement of arrests in connection with LeQuan’s killing has been made.

Does anyone who was in that neighborhood on August 14, 2022, or who remembers seeing a silver Ford Explorer or Mercury Mountaineer that evening, have information to share?