Richard J. Anderson, 22, known as Arjai, was fatally shot in the early morning hours of November 9, 2020, while sitting in his mother’s car in a parking lot on the 600 block of Newtown Road in Virginia Beach. Anderson, from Henrico, had been in the city to attend an event and stepped outside to FaceTime his girlfriend when an unknown person approached the vehicle and shot him. Investigators said the shooting appeared to have begun as an attempted robbery that turned deadly; police found him after responding to a call about the shooting.

Family members from Richmond held a vigil in Virginia Beach and publicly pleaded for information, offering a reward. They remembered Anderson as a vibrant, kindhearted young man pursuing a modeling career and involved in the visual arts. If anyone was in the area that night or has information about the shooting, please share what is known with the Virginia Beach Police Department.