On November 21, 2013, 22-year-old Eric N. Wilkins Jr., a junior at Virginia State University, was shot and killed at a party at the University Apartments on J. Mitchell Jones Drive in Ettrick, Virginia. The party had 30 to 40 attendees; an altercation broke out as people were leaving and gunfire followed. Investigators believe Wilkins was not involved in the dispute and was an innocent bystander when he was struck in the back and later found in a parking lot and sidewalk area.

Police arrested 19-year-old Brian W. Williams Jr. of Hopewell the next day and charged him with first-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. At a subsequent hearing, witness Lamar Perry testified that he, Williams and another friend had been at the party, that a scuffle began as they were leaving, and that after they fled Williams told Perry he had messed up and fired the shots.

Did anyone at Virginia State or in Ettrick remember seeing or hearing anything that night that could shed more light on what happened?