A 19-year-old woman was shot and killed in broad daylight on a Norfolk street. On June 27, 2026, around 2:00 p.m., police responded to a report of a gunshot victim in the 3500 block of Arcadia Street and found Teona A. Purnell of Virginia Beach inside a car with a life-threatening gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Norfolk police have opened a homicide investigation. Officials say detectives are working the case, that there is no believed immediate danger to the community, and that investigators have some leads. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced; investigators have not released a motive or the circumstances leading up to the shooting.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Norfolk Crime Line; tips can be given anonymously. Did anyone in the Arcadia Street area see or hear anything that afternoon?