Cole Stuart Grant was 23 when he was shot and killed in the late hours of May 8, 2019, in the parking lot of Croc’s 19th Street Bistro in Virginia Beach’s VIBE Creative District. Grant, an employee at the restaurant, was fatally shot in the head as he and coworkers were leaving for the night.

Witnesses identified a suspect who was still nearby and officers arrested 16-year-old Cameron Barclift moments after the shooting. A detective testified Barclift admitted to firing a single shot at the departing truck after a brief verbal exchange in which Barclift said someone in the vehicle called him a name. Barclift was indicted and tried as an adult. In March 2021 he pled guilty to second-degree murder and illegal use of a firearm; in September 2021 a judge sentenced him to 17 years, the maximum under the recommended guidelines, and he was moved from juvenile detention to an adult facility to serve that sentence.

If anyone was in or near the restaurant parking lot that night and has information not yet shared with investigators, please come forward.