On the late afternoon of February 3, 2021, a 911 caller reported a man lying in the 600 block of Cabell Street in Danville, Virginia, with an apparent gunshot wound. Responding officers and emergency personnel found 21-year-old Jaylan Kevon Fitzgerald, who was pronounced dead at the scene. Fitzgerald was born January 17, 2000, and was a father to a young son, Legend Cartier Fitzgerald.

Danville Police opened a homicide investigation and said the killing was not random; investigators concluded Fitzgerald knew his attacker. A search warrant was executed at a house in the 300 block of Bell Drive with a heavy police presence and the SWAT team. Police initially sought 19-year-old Avion Burton as armed and dangerous. On February 10, 2021, 20-year-old Earlquan Williams was arrested in Danville and charged with second-degree murder. Burton was apprehended without incident at a Danville house on March 4, 2021, and also charged with second-degree murder; he was held in the Danville City Jail without bond. Police said they could not rule out a third person’s involvement.

If anyone has information about Jaylan Fitzgerald, his death, or other potential witnesses, please share what is known with investigators.