On August 2, 2019, officers in Danville, Virginia responded about 11:20 p.m. to reports of a shooting on Parker Road. They found 21-year-old Kymon Haley of Milton, North Carolina, outside with gunshot wounds. Haley was taken by ambulance to a local emergency room and was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Police identified 29-year-old Rakim La'Tae Knight of Danville as a suspect and said he and Haley were acquaintances whose ongoing argument culminated in the shooting. Felony arrest warrants were issued for willfully discharging a firearm in a public place resulting in bodily injury and for using or displaying a firearm while committing a felony. Knight remained at large briefly before being arrested on August 7, 2019, and held at the Danville City Jail.

In January 2020 a grand jury returned a first-degree murder indictment against Knight, and he was held without bond following the indictment. If anyone knew Haley or witnessed what happened on Parker Road that night, please come forward with information.