Virginia – In a brutal attack that has shaken residents in Virginia, a 32-year-old man, identified as A. Jalloh, has been charged with second-degree murder after stabbing a 41-year-old mother of 1, identified as S. Minter, to death at a bus stop. Authorities say the suspect, who had more than 30 prior arrests and had previously been ordered removed from the United States, was the last person seen with the victim before she was killed. Jalloh now faces a second-degree murder charge in the death of Minter.
Police say the stabbing occurred on the evening of February 23 at a bus stop shelter. According to the police department, officers were dispatched to the bus stop at approximately 7:16 p.m. after reports of a stabbing. When they arrived, they found Minter inside the shelter suffering from multiple stab wounds to her upper body. Despite immediate life-saving efforts at the scene, Minter was pronounced dead at the bus stop. Investigators later determined that Minter and Jalloh had exited the same bus together shortly before the attack. Surveillance footage and interviews identified Jalloh as the last person seen with her. Authorities have not indicated that the two knew each other before that evening. What began as an ordinary bus ride ended in sudden violence.
The following day, February 24, officers responded to a suspicious person call. An employee reportedly recognized Jalloh as someone police had identified as a person of interest in the stabbing and contacted authorities. When officers arrived, they located Jalloh and arrested him on a separate petit larceny charge connected to an earlier theft report. As detectives continued investigating the homicide, they gathered additional evidence linking him to Minter’s death. Police subsequently obtained a warrant charging Jalloh with second-degree murder. He remains held without bond. Authorities have not publicly disclosed a motive for the attack.
In a statement issued March 2, the Department of Homeland Security said Jalloh entered the United States illegally in 2012 and had remained in the country without lawful status. He received a final order of removal in 2020 but was not deported. Immigration and Customs Enforcement lodged a detainer against him on February 25, requesting that Virginia authorities notify federal officials before any potential release.
Court records indicate Jalloh had a lengthy criminal history, with more than 30 prior arrests. Reports show he had previously been accused in a 2018 ra-e and was involved in multiple prior stabbings. In February 2023, Jalloh pleaded guilty to malicious wounding after stabbing a 73-year-old man. He was sentenced to two years in prison, with five years suspended. Most charges in that case were dropped after the victim failed to appear in court, according to reports.
Minter was a mother to her son. In her obituary, loved ones described her as “a happy, jolly individual, filled with love and adoration for her loved ones” and “a beam of light in dark places.” Her passing, they wrote, is “a loss felt throughout an entire family and a whole host of friends.” Family members and friends now mourn a life taken without warning. Jalloh remains in custody without bond as the case moves forward. Federal immigration authorities have requested that he not be released into the community. The investigation remains active, and prosecutors are preparing for the next stage of court proceedings. For Minter’s family, the focus now turns to seeking justice — and honoring the memory of a mother whose life ended at a bus stop on an ordinary February evening that turned deadly.
