Orlando Mitchell Robey, 54, was found dead inside his Brookneal, Virginia, home on Hat Creek Road after deputies responded to a report of an unresponsive man on Saturday, April 13, 2019. An autopsy confirmed Robey sustained at least one gunshot wound and investigators treated the death as a homicide.

Within days two men who had been living at the same residence were arrested. On April 16, law enforcement arrested 31-year-old Ashard Adams and 27-year-old Antonio Waller. Adams was charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony; Waller was charged with attempted malicious wounding and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Officials did not release a motive.