On the afternoon of August 21, 2023, 22-year-old Daysjon Jarmar Yasper was shot while driving a silver compact car near the intersection of J. Clyde Morris Boulevard and Warwick Boulevard in Newport News, Virginia, near Christopher Newport University. Emergency responders found Yasper with at least one gunshot wound after reports of shots fired around 3:30 p.m.; he was pronounced dead at the scene shortly before 4 p.m. The vehicle overturned about 50 yards from the intersection.

Newport News police arrested a passenger from Yasper’s car at the scene. The passenger was identified as 22-year-old Treveon Kevin Samuels and was charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Yasper’s family said Samuels had been considered a best friend and like family. The family held a vigil and noted the irony that Yasper died near the hospital where he was born; they also said Yasper held a concealed carry license and there was a firearm in the car but he did not have an opportunity to defend himself.

If anyone was in the area that afternoon or has information about what happened in the moments before the shooting, please come forward.