On the evening of February 18, 2020, emergency services in Fieldale, Virginia responded to a shooting outside a Fourth Street residence. First responders found 34-year-old Krystal Anne McReynolds of Bassett with a gunshot wound to her face. Krystal, who was reported to be four to five months pregnant, was taken to SOVAH Health in Martinsville and then transferred to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in critical condition; she died the following day. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the Western District of Virginia ruled both Krystal and her unborn child’s deaths homicides caused by the gunshot and maternal trauma.

Investigators identified 35-year-old Thomas Christopher McDowell of Fieldale as a suspect. He was arrested and initially charged with aggravated malicious wounding, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. After the deaths, charges were upgraded to second-degree murder and use of a firearm during the commission of murder; he was held without bond at the Henry County Jail while the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office and the Henry County Sheriff’s Office continued their work.

Does anyone in the area have information about that night or knew Krystal and can help fill in what happened?