Kayleigh Christian Ellifritz was 24 when she was shot and killed on Dresden Drive in Newport News, Virginia, on September 16, 2019. Police found her with fatal gunshot injuries; a man was also found wounded but with non-life-threatening gunshot injuries.

The shooting prompted a homicide investigation on a normally quiet neighborhood street. In the days after the incident, Newport News police identified and arrested a suspect who was charged with murder in connection with Kayleigh’s death. The case then moved into the court system.

Few public details about motive or the sequence of events have been released. If anyone knew Kayleigh, the circumstances that day, or has information that could help, please come forward.