On July 12, 2021, 24-year-old Brian Austin Moore was fatally shot in Newport News, Virginia, during a double shooting. Moore was found with at least one gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene. A 21-year-old woman was also shot and suffered life-threatening injuries; she was taken to a local hospital.

Ten days after the shooting, authorities arrested 24-year-old Robert Damon Stonewall of Hampton with assistance from the U.S. Marshals’ Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force and the Hampton Police Division. Stonewall was charged with first-degree murder, malicious assault, and multiple firearm offenses. Reports say the confrontation followed an earlier altercation in which Moore allegedly pistol-whipped Stonewall; Stonewall reportedly obtained a firearm, confronted Moore and the woman outside an apartment complex, and fired multiple shots.

An appeal by Stonewall was later denied, with the court finding he was the aggressor in the fatal encounter. Does anyone have information about Moore’s life in Newport News or knew the people involved?