Fifteen-year-old Noah Cheeseman was killed on the evening of March 29, 2026, in Williamsburg, Virginia. Police were called to the 100 block of Dehaven Court at the Lafayette Square Apartments around 6:32 p.m. for reports of gunfire. Officers found Noah with an apparent gunshot wound; he was taken to Riverside Regional Hospital and later pronounced dead.

Noah was a student at Warhill High School and a member of the varsity football team. Family and friends remembered him as bright, hardworking, well-mannered and joyful, with a ready smile and strong sense of humor. The community held a candlelight vigil where loved ones shared memories of his energy and kindness.

Three male suspects were arrested in connection with the shooting: 18-year-old Omari-Ahmad T. Martin of Williamsburg, charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and held without bond at the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail; plus two juveniles, a 17-year-old from York County and a 16-year-old from James City County, charged similarly with the addition of possession of a firearm by a juvenile and held at the Merrimac Juvenile Detention Center. Investigators say the shooting grew out of a prior altercation between Noah and the suspects.

Did anyone in the Lafayette Square Apartments area that evening see or hear anything that could help clarify what happened?