On Sunday afternoon, March 26, 2023, 18-year-old Jasiah Smith was shot in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Just before 3 p.m., police responded to a report of shots fired in the 400 block of Chadwick Court and found Jasiah unresponsive in a parking space with multiple gunshot wounds. Officers attempted CPR and other life-saving measures; he was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead shortly after arrival. Jasiah was a senior at James Monroe High School and had hoped to join the military.

Investigators identified two teenage suspects from Fredericksburg: Aaron Carter, 19 at the time, and Lorenzo Brooks, 16. The pair were located and arrested in Temple Hills, Maryland, on April 20, 2023, with U.S. Marshals’ assistance. Brooks was charged with first-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony; Carter was charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. The jury later convicted both of second-degree murder and firearm charges in July 2024.

Did anyone in the Fredericksburg area know Jasiah or see activity near Chadwick Court that afternoon?