On the night of May 11, 2019, five days before his 35th birthday, 34-year-old Jarmel Perkins of Chesapeake, Virginia, was fatally shot in the 2000 block of Plow Lane. Perkins was found lying in the street with a gunshot wound after police responded about 12:45 a.m. to a report of an injured person; he was taken to a local hospital and died of his injuries. Another man was shot in the same incident and was expected to recover.

The shooting followed an argument when Perkins arrived at a nearby house party. A large crowd was present, but very few witnesses have come forward. Perkins’s family believes he was shot in the back and the back of the head by someone he considered a friend. The case remains an unsolved homicide; no suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been made. A reward has been offered for information leading to an arrest.

If anyone remembers the events that night or saw activity in the 2000 block of Plow Lane around 12:45 a.m. on May 11, 2019, please share what is known.