A passing motorist on Route 3 in Richmond County, Virginia, found a red pickup stopped in the roadway in the early morning hours of July 21, 2018. The witness saw a man exit the truck, run a short distance, then fall into a nearby ditch. That man was identified as 28-year-old Edwardo Jerel ’Jay’ Garner of Farnham. Law enforcement officers pronounced Garner dead at the scene; he had suffered two gunshot wounds to his neck.

The investigation led to charges against Michael Lee Veney. Prosecutors took the case to trial and a jury returned a verdict finding Veney guilty of second-degree murder in Garner’s death. The jury also found Veney guilty of related offenses, including reckless handling of a firearm, malicious shooting into an occupied vehicle, shooting a firearm from a vehicle, and using a firearm in the commission of a felony.

If anyone observed vehicles or people on Route 3 near Farnham in the early morning of July 21, 2018, or has other information about the shooting, please come forward.