On the late afternoon of October 9, 2012, 18-year-old Malik Nigel Lewis, a Black/African American male from Warwick, New York who had been living with his aunt in Newport News, Virginia, was shot dead after a chance encounter at a Kangaroo Express gas station and convenience store. Lewis and a stranger, Ronald Coleman Ausby Jr., exchanged words after leaving the store; although companions briefly intervened, Ausby followed Lewis and his friend Zaccheus Miller and fired a .38-caliber handgun. The medical examiner testified Lewis was shot between four and seven times in the back, face, and arms.

Ronald Coleman Ausby Jr. was arrested and charged in the killing. During trial, defense attorneys argued for lesser charges, saying Ausby was enraged and intoxicated and had been drinking heavily after his mother’s recent death. The court ultimately convicted Ausby of first-degree murder.

If anyone knew Malik, was at the Kangaroo Express that day, or has information about the events leading up to the shooting, please share what you know.