Annie May Rita Smith, 65, was shot to death on December 13, 2021, at the Harris Teeter gas station in the Haygood Shopping Center in Virginia Beach. She and her husband, Steven John Smith, had stopped for gas after visiting family. While Steven was pumping fuel, two brothers in a stolen vehicle — Darrius Cornell White and Michael Javonte Demonde White — pulled up. Michael, face covered by a bandana, robbed Steven at gunpoint. After returning to the car and demanding more, Michael was told Steven had nothing left. Darrius then took the gun, got out of the vehicle, approached Annie Smith and shot her three times in the chest. The brothers fled, taking a firearm that belonged to Annie Smith.

Police linked the stolen car to the brothers through fingerprints and both men later went to Chesapeake General Hospital claiming to be suicidal. During interviews with Virginia Beach police they confessed to roles in the robbery and the murder. Darrius White was convicted by a jury of aggravated murder, robbery causing death and related firearm offenses; Michael White pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, robbery causing death and firearm charges. Darrius received three life terms, one without parole, plus 13 years; Michael was sentenced to 50 years.

Did anyone in the Haygood Shopping Center area that evening notice the stolen vehicle or the two men before the shooting?