On the evening of Friday, November 1, 2024, 24-year-old Mahleik Barber was shot in the 3700 block of Marshall Avenue in Newport News, Virginia. Gunshot detection technology alerted police, and officers found Barber with a gunshot wound; he was taken to Riverside Regional Medical Center and later died of his injuries.

Investigators moved quickly and identified two suspects. On Tuesday, November 12, 2024, a 17-year-old male already in custody on an unrelated matter was charged with second-degree murder, malicious wounding, and multiple firearm offenses in connection with Barber’s death. The next day, 18-year-old DeAndre Hunter was arrested and charged with the same offenses.

Friends and family are left to mourn Barber’s death. If anyone has information about what happened on Marshall Avenue that night, please come forward to Newport News police.