Orlando Monroe Jr., 17, was shot and killed on the evening of Thursday, February 3, 2022, on Spruce Street in Hopewell, Virginia. Officers found an unresponsive male with apparent gunshot wounds just after 8 p.m.; Hopewell Fire and EMS pronounced him dead at the scene. The Hopewell Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Unit opened an investigation into the shooting homicide.

Investigators identified 18-year-old Keymonte Bland-White as a suspect and sought him on multiple charges including First-Degree Murder, two counts of Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony, Reckless Handling of a Firearm, Discharging a Firearm in Public, Attempted Malicious Wounding, and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. Bland-White was later found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in a vacant Petersburg house on the morning of February 5, 2022, and a weapon was recovered. Hopewell Police continued their probe to determine motive and whether others were involved.

If anyone knew Orlando, was in the area that night, or has information about what led to this shooting, please share what you know.