Kenneth Lavon Wilson Sr., 32, was found with multiple gunshot wounds in Norfolk, Virginia, on February 19, 2012. Norfolk Police opened a homicide investigation after his death.

Investigators learned Wilson had been involved in an altercation earlier that night. Surveillance video from nearby businesses captured a heated argument between Wilson and another person; that footage helped identify the individual seen arguing with him. Witnesses at the scene provided information to police, and the identified suspect was located, taken into custody, and charged with first-degree murder.

At trial the prosecution relied on eyewitness testimony and forensic evidence to link the defendant to the shooting. The jury returned a guilty verdict for first-degree murder and the court imposed a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.