On the night of December 18, 2020, Cierra A. Kelley, a 33-year-old Black woman from Gloucester, Virginia, was fatally shot in Hampton. Around 11:48 p.m. Kelley and a 41-year-old man were sitting in their vehicle in a parking lot in the 2200 block of West Mercury Boulevard when someone approached and opened fire. The two drove themselves to a local hospital; Kelley later died of her injuries, while the man was treated for non-life-threatening wounds.

Hampton Police identified and arrested Brian Latrell Fayne in connection with the shooting. He was charged with second-degree murder, maiming, shooting into an occupied vehicle, shooting in public, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Kelley’s family described her as devoted to her children and active in her community.

If anyone was in the area that night or has information about the shooting, please share what was seen or heard with investigators.