Dontae Jamar Teddy Howard, 23, of Yorktown, Virginia, was shot while leaving a Christmas party at a Williamsburg hotel on December 18, 2011 and died of his wounds two days later on December 20, 2011. He was one of three people shot in the incident; the other two victims survived. Howard worked for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Reports say the shooting followed the ejection of a man from the party, and Howard was struck in the head.

Law enforcement identified a suspect, Tyshaun Lenard Thomas, 31, and U.S. Marshals arrested him in Charlotte, North Carolina, on January 13, 2012, on warrants for homicide and maiming related to the shooting. Howard’s family was left to grieve during the holiday season.

If anyone was at that hotel party or has information about what happened that night, please share what you know.