On the morning of August 11, 2024, 41-year-old Wayne McMillan was shot inside an apartment at the Heritage Forest Apartments on Forest Lake Court in Newport News, Virginia. Police responded to reports of an argument and shots fired around 4:30 a.m.; McMillan was found with a gunshot wound, taken to a hospital, and later died. The incident occurred in the apartment of McMillan’s mother and has been described by authorities as domestic-related.

Court documents say McMillan’s mother heard tussling and arguing between her son and another man behind a locked door. She reportedly tried to intervene, and her son cried that his leg was broken and that he was going to be killed. A window shattering was followed by at least four gunshots. Officers arrested 31-year-old Cintel Kelley at the scene; a firearm was recovered from a dresser. Kelley, identified as McMillan’s nephew and described in court papers as a six-time convicted felon, faces charges including first-degree murder and related weapons offenses and is being held without bond.

The killing was the third domestic-related homicide in Newport News in 2024, a development the police chief publicly addressed. If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Wayne, please come forward to investigators.