On July 20, 2022, 19-year-old Jakhari Hall was shot in the 5600 block of Lone Holly Lane in Virginia Beach. Police found Hall and an 18-year-old male with gunshot wounds; both were taken to a local hospital. The other victim was reported in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries, while Hall later died of his wounds.

Investigators identified and arrested two suspects. Eighteen-year-old Joshua James was charged with second-degree murder and malicious wounding in connection with Hall’s death and the shooting of the other victim. Twenty-year-old Jonathan Cook-Lawrence was arrested on an allegation of being an accessory after the fact to murder.

The arrests moved the matter toward the courts as the community sought answers about what led to the shooting. If anyone has information about the events on Lone Holly Lane that morning, please share what is known with the Virginia Beach Police Department.