On the evening of February 24, 1993, Virginia State Police Trooper II José M. Cavazos, 50, was killed during a routine traffic stop on an exit ramp from southbound I-95 in Dale City, Virginia. As he approached the vehicle, the passenger opened fire with a 9mm handgun; Trooper Cavazos was struck six times and could not draw his weapon.

Investigators identified and arrested two suspects: Lonnie Weeks Jr. and Louis Jefferson Dukes Jr. Weeks was identified as the shooter and admitted to shooting Trooper Cavazos at a preliminary hearing. Weeks faced capital murder, weapons and auto larceny charges; Dukes faced first-degree murder and related weapons and theft charges. Lonnie Weeks Jr. was later convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. The overpass at the Dale City interchange where the trooper was killed was officially named in his honor in January 1998. Trooper Cavazos was survived by his wife, son, and daughter.

Did anyone who knew Trooper Cavazos or who was in the Dale City area that night notice anything unusual before or after the stop?