Luke Michael Dudley was 23 when he was killed in a Newport News rooming house on January 15, 2017. What began as a drug transaction reportedly escalated after a deal for pills that were later discovered to be fake. Dawhan Archible, 27, of Washington, D.C., is described as having come to the residence for the exchange; investigators say he was armed with a 9mm Glock and shot Dudley multiple times before handing the gun to a co‑conspirator who also fired. Dudley died of seventeen gunshot wounds. Police found Archible’s DNA at the scene and identified him as the primary suspect.

A federal jury later convicted Archible on charges including murder with a firearm, robbery, and conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine; he received life plus 20 years. Few details are public about the other people involved or the motive beyond the failed drug deal. Did anyone in Newport News know Luke, his movements that day, or the people with him that could fill in unanswered details?