JoMalcom Ali Daniels, a 24-year-old Black man from Danville, Virginia, was shot on the afternoon of April 11, 2016, on North Union Street between Memorial Drive and Spring Street. Police found him with apparent gunshot wounds; the scene that afternoon included blood in the roadway and nearly a dozen shell casings. He was taken to Danville Regional Medical Center and then transferred to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on April 13, 2016.

The shooting was treated as a homicide. In the days immediately after the attack police released few details about motive or suspects, but by April 29 detectives had arrested Sean James Ballard, who was held without bond and charged in connection with the killing. The charges reported included first-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and discharging a firearm in a public place. Few other details were being released publicly at that time.

Did anyone in Danville see or hear anything on April 11 that could help clarify what led to the shooting?