On January 18, 2023, 35-year-old Jessica Lynn Collins was killed in Hopewell, Virginia, in a violent incident that also claimed the life of 33-year-old Robert Lewis Bryant Jr. Police say a car carrying Collins and Bryant was pursued by another vehicle in what became a high-speed chase. The chased car crashed into a concrete staircase in the 2700 block of Courthouse Road near Arlington Park around 2:00 A.M.; both occupants suffered multiple gunshot wounds and died at the scene despite CPR attempts.

Investigators reported finding 60 to 70 bullet casings at the scene and said occupants of the pursuing vehicle fired numerous rounds, striking the victims. Authorities indicated they did not believe the attack was random and opened a homicide investigation. No arrests or public identifications of suspects had been announced in the initial reports.

If anyone has information about the chase, the shooting, or the vehicles involved, please contact the Hopewell Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Unit.