Justice Cornelius Hinton was 17 and due to begin his senior year at Great Bridge High School when he was killed on the evening of July 28, 2013. Police found him with a gunshot wound on Great Bridge Boulevard near Crestwood Park; he died at the scene. He was the son of Neco E. Hinton and Dwane Bazemore.

Investigators say the confrontation began over a firearm transaction. A 20-year-old identified as Andre Jamal Robinson had given an acquaintance $80 to buy a gun. When the seller, Hinton, allegedly did not deliver the weapon, Robinson borrowed a pistol and confronted Hinton. The encounter escalated and Hinton was shot; Robinson was arrested that night and charged with first-degree murder and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony.

Reports note Robinson was a former Old Dominion University student and that he faced the possibility of a life sentence plus three years.