On the winter night of January 23, 2016, 42-year-old Leroy Doran Garner, a Black male known to friends as Roy, was shot and killed in Hampton, Virginia. At about 9:39 p.m. gunfire was reported on the 500 block of Darnaby Avenue. Officers found a vehicle that had struck a utility pole and Garner slumped over the console with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene by Hampton Division of Fire and Rescue.

Investigators followed footprints in the snow from the scene to a nearby home on Hannah Street, but motive and the specific circumstances of the shooting remained unclear. The Hampton Police Division opened an active homicide investigation and asked the public for help. A memorial service for Garner was held February 5, 2016, at Liberty Baptist Church. No arrests have been announced in the case.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Leroy Garner, please share what you know.