Shortly after midnight on January 1, 2026, 19-year-old Jeremiah Cuffee was shot at a New Year’s Eve party on Frazier Lane in Virginia Beach. Emergency services arrived after a 12:29 a.m. call and found Cuffee injured; he was taken to a nearby hospital and later died of his wounds. Cuffee, a Chesapeake resident, played football at Green Run High School and graduated from Landstown High School in 2024. Family members described him as driven, humble, and kind-hearted; his father later set up a GoFundMe to help with funeral expenses for Jeremiah and his parents and five brothers.

Virginia Beach Police Department’s Homicide Unit identified a suspect, 19-year-old De’Vion Williams of Virginia Beach. With U.S. Marshals’ assistance, Williams was arrested in North Carolina on January 12, 2026, and charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. The investigation into the circumstances of the shooting is ongoing.

If anyone attended the Frazier Lane party or has information about what happened that night, please come forward.