‘I just need answers,’ Shooting death of 19-year-old in Dinwiddie still unsolved 1 year later

DINWIDDIE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The family of 19-year-old T’Miya Murphy, who was shot and killed while driving on Interstate 85 in Dinwiddie County in 2023, is continuing to plead for answers more than a year after her death.

September marks more than one year since Tomeka Murphy’s world was turned upside down. On Aug. 1, 2023 just before 11 a.m., her daughter, T’Miya Murphy, was driving a 2017 Kia Optima heading south on I-85 when her car was shot at by another driver. T’Miya was taken to a hospital, where she later died, according to Virginia State Police.

Murphy said T’Miya, who had recently graduated from Thomas Dale High School in Chesterfield County, had dreams of becoming a nurse.

“It’s hard just to know that myself and other parents are burying their children, when they should be burying us,” said Murphy.

According to Virginia State Police, T’Miya’s case is one of 54 interstate shootings which took place across the Commonwealth in 2023. So far this year, there have been 26 shootings reported on Virginia interstates.

“Somebody saw something, so just come forward and tell what kind of car you saw,” said Murphy. “I just need answers. “

T’Miya’s death is still unsolved and anyone with information related to the shooting is asked to contact Virginia State Police by calling 804-609-5656.

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