On the night of April 30, 2022, a dispute that began inside Fatty’s Taphouse in Spotsylvania, Virginia moved into the parking lot in the 10100 block of Patriot Highway and ended with gunfire. At about 11:20 p.m. deputies found 35-year-old Shawn D. Hastings suffering multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body; first responders’ life-saving efforts failed and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Hastings was a White/Caucasian resident of Spotsylvania.

Witnesses provided a description of the shooter and the vehicle used to flee, which led investigators to identify a suspect. In the early hours of May 1, law enforcement located and arrested 34-year-old Jesse Dean Beebout at his Lake Land Or residence in Caroline County. A firearm was recovered and Beebout had a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his hand; he was treated at a hospital, charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and held without bond at Rappahannock Regional Jail after release.

If anyone witnessed the argument at Fatty’s Taphouse or the events in the parking lot, does that person have additional information to share with investigators?