De’Shaviya Donnisha Jerry, 33, was found dead in her apartment at the London Oaks Apartments on High Street in Portsmouth, Virginia, on July 23, 2026. Her sister, Brianna Noel, went to check on her after being unable to reach her and discovered Jerry seemingly asleep on the couch; pulling back the blanket revealed she had been shot. Investigators determined she died of a single gunshot wound.

Police believe the killing is linked to an earlier, unreported shooting about nine hours before the discovery, at roughly 7:30 a.m. in the 2500 block of High Street, one block from where Jerry’s body was found. Authorities initially had no arrests and asked the public for information about the hours between the morning shooting and when she was found.

Later developments show two high-school-aged boys were arrested and charged with second-degree murder and multiple firearm offenses after investigators used gunshot detection, license plate readers and business surveillance to identify suspects. Does anyone have information about activity on High Street that morning or knowledge of the victims or suspects involved?