In the predawn hours of September 11, 2025, gunfire on the 2900 block of South Military Highway in Chesapeake, Virginia, ended the life of 30-year-old Yhuri Vashon Brinkley. Officers arriving about 2:09 a.m. found Brinkley, a Black/African American man from Norfolk born October 19, 1994, suffering from a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene after officers and medics rendered aid.

Family and friends remembered Brinkley for his kindness, laughter and commitment to his community as investigators worked to reconstruct what happened. On September 23, police announced the arrest of 25-year-old Desmond Junior Elliott; he was taken into custody and held without bond on charges of first-degree murder, robbery leading to death and two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. The investigation remains active.

If anyone witnessed the shooting on South Military Highway or has information that could help, please share what is known with Chesapeake police.