On the evening of October 28, 2021, 40-year-old Danville resident Steve Gunter was found in the street in the 400 block of Bradley Road with a fatal gunshot wound. First responders pronounced him dead at the scene; police immediately opened a homicide investigation.

Authorities identified 43-year-old Jerome Jermaine Davis Jr. as a suspect and the day after the shooting announced a warrant charging him with second-degree murder. Police said Davis already faced outstanding warrants for other violent felonies, including attempted aggravated malicious wounding, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and brandishing a firearm, and that he should be considered armed and dangerous. Investigators indicated the shooting did not appear to be random and that the two men knew each other.

The Danville Police Department held a H.E.A.R.T. Walk in the Bradley Road community to update residents and provide mental health support; Crime Stoppers and the department offered a cash reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. The primary suspect remained at large and the warrant active as of late summer 2025. Anyone with information about Steve Gunter or this case is asked to contact investigators.