Mary Anne Smoot, 37, of Manassas, Virginia, was shot and killed on January 17, 2022, after a visit to an apartment at Raven Crest Apartments on Cobden Court. She had gone with a family member to meet 18-year-old Maquan Omari McCray, who the family member previously knew. A verbal dispute inside the apartment escalated and McCray allegedly produced a firearm and shot Smoot multiple times.

Police were called at about 10:22 a.m. Officers found Smoot gravely wounded and began CPR; rescue personnel later pronounced her dead at the scene. No one else in the apartment was physically injured. Prince William County police identified McCray as the sole suspect, obtained arrest warrants for murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and conducted a multi-agency search; he escaped the initial search but turned himself in on January 20, 2022, and was held without bond with a court date set for April 5, 2022.

What information do readers have about Mary Anne Smoot, her life, or the circumstances at Raven Crest Apartments that could help clarify what happened?