Samuel Onyeuka, 20, was shot to death on February 10, 2021, and pronounced dead at the scene in the 2300 block of Branleigh Park Court in Reston, Virginia. Onyeuka had been in the process of enlisting in the United States Military when he was found with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body. Fairfax County Police opened what was the department’s first homicide investigation of 2021.

Investigators traced both Onyeuka and his attacker to a nearby shopping center using surveillance footage and financial records, and identified a silver SUV, possibly a Nissan Rogue, as the vehicle used to flee. Authorities arrested 20-year-old Jalenn Maurtiece Keene of Newport News days after the shooting. A firearm recovered at the time of arrest was sent for testing, and Keene was charged with second-degree murder and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony pending extradition to Fairfax County. The motive remains under investigation.

If anyone knew Samuel, his movements that day, or has information about the shooting, please come forward.