On the evening of April 30, 2025, 63-year-old Regina Hawkins Banks of Virginia Beach was found by police on Harbinger Road suffering from a gunshot wound. Officers arrived about 10 p.m.; Banks died at the scene. Bullet holes were later noted on a front door and shattered glass lay on the ground near the location.

Investigators identified 42-year-old Deric Lee Jr. as a suspect; Lee was reported to be Banks’s ex-boyfriend. He fled in a gray Lexus, prompting a multi-city high-speed pursuit through Norfolk, Chesapeake and Portsmouth. After crashing at a dead end on Fawkes Street in Portsmouth, he ran into nearby woods and was captured the following afternoon after a manhunt involving multiple agencies. He was charged with second-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and pleaded not guilty. Reports also note a prior 2012 conviction that included attempted first-degree murder.

Banks was born November 16, 1961, and worked at Elevance Health for more than two decades. She was a Maury High School graduate, a mother of three and a grandmother of seven who enjoyed cooking and music. Does anyone have information about Banks, her movements that evening, or the events on Harbinger Road?