Todd Lawton Wilson was 31 when he was shot and killed at a Norfolk gas station on the night of July 9, 2022. Wilson pulled his gray Jeep Patriot up to a pump at the Tinee Giant convenience store on East Ocean View Avenue just before midnight. A white SUV pulled up beside him, and a man identified as Kenneth Leon Yates entered Wilson’s front passenger seat and shot him five times at close range, striking the torso, head, and leg. Wilson was pronounced dead at the scene.

Security cameras at the gas station recorded the attack. Witnesses who had seen the suspect at the store earlier that evening identified him to Norfolk Police, and he was later detained in Portsmouth after crashing a white SUV. Officers recovered a handgun that forensic testing tied to the fatal shooting, and Wilson’s stolen Jeep was found days later with matching cartridge casings inside. Kenneth L. Yates was charged in the killing.

Does anyone have information about Wilson’s activity that night or the contacts he may have had at the Tinee Giant?