On the night of Saturday, August 16, 2025, a party at the Harvard Apartments cul-de-sac on Harvard Drive in Chesapeake, Virginia, ended in gunfire. Twenty-eight-year-old Gilberto Mendoza Ramos, a Chesapeake resident, was found with a single gunshot wound at about 10:44 p.m. First responders transported him to a local hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.

Neighbors reported a large gathering and witnesses said a red car left the scene immediately after the shot. Police initially had no suspect but identified a person of interest within days. Four days after the shooting, 21-year-old Cesar Anibal Ramirez Roque was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony; he was held at the Chesapeake City Jail with an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer and had a court date set for October 22.

The Chesapeake Police Department continued its investigation into the circumstances of the killing. If anyone attended that party or saw the red car leaving the area that night, please come forward with information.