Rufus Skoota Lindell Artis was 31 when he was found shot to death just after midnight at the Hoffler Apartments on East Washington Street in Suffolk, Virginia, in the early hours of a May morning in 2022. Another person, an 18-year-old male, was injured in the same incident and was expected to recover.

Suffolk Police arrested two suspects in connection with the homicide. Nathaniel Nate Mitchell Jr., 18 at the time, was charged with first-degree murder, eight counts of discharging a firearm in public, two counts of malicious wounding, conspiracy to commit a felony, and three firearm-related charges. Khalil Johnson, 19, was charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit a felony. Police said the shooting was believed to be gang-related.

The fatal shooting followed another shooting at the same apartment complex during the prior week that left a teenager with non-life-threatening injuries; investigators were looking into a possible connection between the two incidents. If anyone has information about either shooting or knew Rufus Artis, please share what you know.