On the night of June 15, 2022, 35-year-old Logan Edward William Thomas was shot and killed while working at the 7-Eleven on Kiln Creek Parkway in the Kiln Creek neighborhood of Newport News, Virginia. Police say the store’s owner, 52-year-old Preyesh Patel, was also fatally shot; both men were pronounced dead at the scene after officers responded just before midnight to a report of a suspicious situation.

Surveillance released by investigators shows a masked person entering the store at 11:36 p.m., carrying a bag and armed with a gun. Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew has said the leading theory is that the motive was robbery. Despite the footage and public appeals for information, the person seen has not been identified and no arrests have been announced.

If anyone was in the Kiln Creek area that night or has information about who entered the store, please share it with the Newport News Police Department.