On the morning of January 1, 2022, 49-year-old James Sipos was fatally shot at Lago Pizza on Moneta Road in Moneta, Virginia. The Bedford County Sheriff’s Office reports the events began earlier that night when Clifton Minter allegedly robbed Shamanique Peter Mickle. A few hours later Mickle returned to the pizzeria, an altercation took place between Mickle and Sipos, and Sipos was shot and killed.

Following the investigation, authorities arrested both Mickle and Minter. Mickle, 44, was charged with second-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Minter was charged with robbery related to the earlier incident.

Are there witnesses who were at Lago Pizza that night or anyone with information about the sequence of events leading up to the shooting?