On January 17, 2016, 18-year-old Joshua Steven Morrison, a recent resident of Yorktown, was shot and killed in a car on Gill Lane in Ware-neck, Virginia. He was with friends and reportedly on the way to a party when gunfire erupted inside the vehicle. Deputies found Morrison in the car; he died at the scene. Three other people — a 15-year-old girl and two 20-year-old men — were also shot and survived. Some of the injured flagged down a ride to a nearby country store while another sought refuge at a nearby home.

The investigation led to the arrest of 18-year-old Dijon Lamour Whitter of Hampton. He was charged with first-degree murder, malicious wounding, and multiple counts of using a firearm in the commission of a felony. Whitter was ordered to a state hospital for treatment to restore competency and, after being found competent, went to trial in July 2017. During the proceedings he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and seven other felonies; in December 2017 a judge sentenced him to 50 years in prison.

Did anyone in the community know Morrison or the passengers and have information about what led to that night’s shooting?