On the night of June 15, 2022, Preyesh Patel, 52, the owner of a 7-Eleven on Kiln Creek Parkway in Newport News, Virginia, was shot and killed inside the store. His employee, 35-year-old Logan Edward William Thomas, was also fatally shot. A customer who noticed no activity in the store called police, and officers found both men deceased when they arrived.

Surveillance video released by police shows a single masked person entering the store and pointing a handgun; investigators have described the encounter as a suspected robbery attempt and that the masked individual is the primary suspect. No one has been identified from the footage in connection with the shootings.

In July 2025 a woman was detained for failing to appear in court on a subpoena tied to the three-year-old investigation; authorities say she is not accused of the killings but may have information relevant to the case. The person who entered the store and shot Patel and Thomas has not been publicly identified or charged.

Did anyone in the area know either Preyesh Patel or Logan Thomas, or see anything unusual near the 7-Eleven that night?