Johnathan Matthew Bradley was 25 when he was shot and killed on the evening of June 19, 2017, in Hampton, Virginia. Bradley, a Black man known as Smooth, grew up in Hampton after being born in England and was a 2010 graduate of Bethel High School who played baseball and rugby.

Hampton Police responded to the 200 block of Derosa Drive for reports of gunfire and found Bradley inside a vehicle that had crashed into a house. He had been shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene by Hampton Fire and Rescue. Investigators say Bradley was sitting in his parked car when three people approached with firearms and attempted to rob him; he was shot during that encounter.

Three suspects were identified: 20-year-old Brian Austin Moore, 21-year-old Jerri De Unda Forson (also reported as Jerri De'Unda Forson), and 21-year-old Malik Omar Saunders Jr. They faced multiple charges including murder, firearms offenses, attempted robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, and shooting into an occupied vehicle.