On March 17, 2014, 24-year-old Jamel Alexander Knight was shot and killed while outside a home at an event at the Carriage House Apartments on Coach Drive in Virginia Beach. Witnesses reported he was approached by two people and one produced a firearm and shot Knight, ending his life. Initial police inquiries found uncertainty about the identities of those involved and the motive for the shooting.

The Virginia Beach Police Department’s investigation later identified three suspects. Tramon LaQuan Lane, 20 at the time; Hakeem Kwame Smith, 18; and Anthony Mark Devonta Hill, 19, were arrested and held without bond at the Virginia Beach Correctional Facility. All three were indicted: Lane on first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, two counts of using a firearm, and conspiracy; Smith on first-degree murder, use of a firearm, and conspiracy; and Hill on first-degree murder, use of a firearm, and conspiracy. Court dates were to be set.

If anyone at the Carriage House Apartments that night has information about who approached Knight or why, please come forward.