On the early morning of November 29, 2020, 18-year-old Michael Adom of Woodbridge, Virginia, was shot during a large gathering in the 4000 block of Westwind Drive. He was privately transported to a local hospital with life-threatening gunshot wounds and later died there. His ethnicity has not been publicly disclosed.

Prince William County Police identified a suspect quickly. On December 2, 2020, 19-year-old Marquis Rene Whitmore of Woodbridge was arrested and charged with felony homicide, conspiracy to commit a felony, and concealing or compounding offenses; police say he was an acquaintance of Adom and was at the gathering. Detectives later arrested three other people: 19-year-olds J Vahn Durgan and Wilford Amoako Osei (both of Woodbridge) on December 4, and 18-year-old Joseph Alpha Tarawalie of Washington D C on December 8. Each was charged with accessory after the fact in a felony, conspiracy to commit a felony, and attempted shooting into an occupied dwelling; all four were held without bond.

The initial court date for Whitmore and the co-defendants was set for February 19, 2021. If anyone at the gathering or who knew Michael has information, please come forward.