On the evening of March 29, 2019, in Newport News, Virginia, Randall Edward Dotson, a 61-year-old white man, was shot multiple times outside a room at a Motel 6 on J. Clyde Morris Boulevard. Police were called at about 5:23 p.m. and found Dotson on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at 5:32 p.m.

Investigators identified 42-year-old Alfred Raymond Lattanzio as the suspect. Dotson and Lattanzio were reportedly staying in the same motel room when a dispute moved into the parking lot. Witnesses said Lattanzio followed Dotson across the parking lot and shot him at close range. Officers captured Lattanzio a short time later; he was found armed and hiding in a wooded area near the I-64 interchange and was charged with first-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a felon.

During interrogation Lattanzio said the argument started over what he described as demeaning treatment by Dotson, that he blacked out in anger, and that the gun used had reportedly been given to him by Dotson. Lattanzio was found hanging in his cell at the Newport News City Jail on April 1, 2019; deputies resuscitated him and he was hospitalized, but he died of his injuries on April 4, 2019.

Did anyone in Newport News see Dotson and Lattanzio together at the motel before the shooting or have information about their relationship?