Antwan DeShawn Bell, 33, was killed by gunfire just before midnight on Thursday, June 4, 2026, in Portsmouth, Virginia. Police responded at about 11:53 p.m. to the 1100 block of Virginia Avenue after reports of a shooting. Officers found two people with gunshot wounds; one was taken to a hospital and Bell was found unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators learned a third person linked to the same incident went to a different nearby hospital for treatment. Around the same time a separate shooting occurred about a mile away on Peach Street, where an adult male was hospitalized; police said they had no immediate reason to believe the two scenes were connected. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests or charges have been announced. The Portsmouth Police Department is asking anyone with information to come forward.