Wayne Antonio Morris, 33, was shot and killed on April 15, 2024, on Suburban Parkway in Portsmouth, Virginia. A Black male known to friends and family as Guda Rich, he was born October 19, 1990, in Norfolk and lived in Suffolk with his mother. Morris worked as a stocker at Planters’ Peanut Company and enjoyed writing music, rapping, and dancing.

Family remembered him for a kind soul, a sweet personality and a bright smile, and said he was very protective of his mother, with whom he shared a special bond. In connection with the killing, 20-year-old Tyrese Soto was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and is being held in the Portsmouth jail.

If anyone knew Wayne or has information about what happened on Suburban Parkway on April 15, please come forward.