On the evening of November 14, 2020, 41-year-old Tiewan Levert Benston was found on the ground in the 800 block of Orangedale Avenue in Charlottesville after a single gunshot was reported. Officers performed CPR until EMS transported him to the University of Virginia hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.

A description of a man seen leaving the area led officers to take 44-year-old Bryan Garick Hatcher of Albemarle County into custody. A witness positively identified Hatcher and said the man appeared visibly intoxicated. Investigators learned the two had been together in a vehicle before the shooting; Hatcher told detectives an argument over a missing wallet escalated into a physical fight and he shot Benston once.

Hatcher was initially charged with second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; those charges were certified to a grand jury after a May 2021 preliminary hearing. On October 1, 2021, Hatcher pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and the firearm charge, with sentencing set for January 10, 2022. Did anyone in Charlottesville know Benston or witness the events that night?