Chief Ryan Zuidema says they’ve followed up on more than 30 leads so far.

Members of the Lynchburg Police Department and FBI held a joint news conference to announce a reward in connection with the murder of a Lynchburg woman earlier this year.

The Lynchburg Police Department and the FBI are set to give an update on the investigation into the homicide of Samantha Robinson.

Her daughter, Samantha Robinson, was shot and killed Jan. 21 while driving down 12th Street in Lynchburg. 28-year-old Samantha Robinson was “simply driving down 12th street when a bullet entered her vehicle” and hit her on Thursday, according to police. Lynchburg Police Chief Ryan Zuidema believes Robinson was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Dia Montae Taylor and Leondre Strange (Lynchburg Police Department)Police are still looking for two 19-year-olds, Dia Montae Taylor and Leondre Strange. Just turn yourself in, that’s the only thing I’m asking you.

Lynchburg police chief Ryan Zuidema and Jill Rice, the mother of a woman shot dead in her car last month, are holding a press conference around 1 p.m.Police in Lynchburg are looking for three men to question in connection with a woman’s recent death. 28-year-old Samantha Robinson was “simply driving down 12th street when a bullet entered her vehicle” and hit her on Thursday, according to police. 28-year-old Samantha Robinson was “simply driving down 12th street when a bullet entered her vehicle” and hit her on Thursday, according to police. From L to R, Najiee J'hode Turner, Dia Montae Cedrik Taylor, and Leondre Tymere Strange (not pictured). “This senseless act of violence took a young woman from her family and our community way too soon,” Lynchburg Police Chief Ryan Zuidema said.

That’s becoming an all-too-familiar experience for Lynchburg residents due to the rise in homicides in recent months. She was taken to Centra Lynchburg General Hospital (WSLS)“She is an innocent victim, obviously driving down the road. [She] was, unfortunately, in the wrong place in the wrong time,” said Lynchburg Police Chief Ryan Zuidema. Zuidema calls Lynchburg a safe community only averaging three to four homicides a year. “There are situations involved in these last four homicides, over the last couple of months, where we know factually there are witnesses to these homicides that will not cooperate.

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Dozens of Lynchburg residents fed up with the violence in the city came together in a plea for peace Sunday night. A vigil on the corner of 12th and Kemper streets remembered three recent homicide victims in the Hill City. We’ve got to take action,” said James Camm of One Community One Voice, who organized the vigil. There’s a family that’s grieving without understanding.”Lynchburg Police Chief Ryan Zuidema and Commonwealth’s Attorney Bethany Harrison strongly condemned Robinson’s murder during the vigil. “It means we have unnecessarily lost another life in our community.”“This is a new low for our fine city,” Harrison said.

She was taken to Centra Lynchburg General HospitalUPDATE - Feb. 23, 2021LYNCHBURG, Va. - Lynchburg police announced Tuesday night that they have found all five people wanted for questioning in connection with last month’s homicide on 12th Street. She was taken to Centra Lynchburg General HospitalAdPolice in Lynchburg are looking for three men to question in connection with a woman’s recent death. She was taken to Centra Lynchburg General Hospital (WSLS)UPDATEA 28-year-old woman is dead after a shooting in Lynchburg, according to the Lynchburg Police Department. She was taken to Lynchburg General Hospital and later died as a result of her injuries, according to police. — Lynchburg Police (@LynchburgPolice) January 21, 2021One person was taken to Centra Lynchburg General Hospital to be treated for serious injuries, according to police.