Late morning on November 4, 2024, James E. Fortson Jr., 66, was found with a life-threatening gunshot wound in the 1300 block of Hanson Avenue in Norfolk. A gunshot disturbance was reported at about 11:55 a.m.; Fortson was taken to a local hospital but later died of his injuries.

Norfolk Police detectives investigated for several months. On April 6, 2025, officers located and arrested Ty-Riq Q. Anderson-Gadsden, 26, a Norfolk resident, in neighboring Suffolk. He was taken to the Norfolk City Jail and charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony; he is being held without bond pending further proceedings.

What did neighbors or anyone in the area see or hear that morning on Hanson Avenue?