DaTraevieus Ny Zere Edward Torian was 16 when he was shot and killed on August 20, 2023, while walking home from a store on 34th Street in Newport News, Virginia. Known to friends and family as D or Trae, he had been planning to attend Job Corps with hopes of becoming an engineer, HVAC technician, or pipefitter and owning his own business. Born March 15, 2007, he moved to Newport News at age four and was a student in the city’s public schools.

In the five weeks before his death he volunteered in a summer program in his Marshall neighborhood, mentoring younger children. Newport News police opened a homicide investigation and appealed to the public for information; at the time of initial reports they were still searching for the shooter. The community held a gathering described as a community reset to honor him and call for an end to violence.

Did anyone in Newport News know Trae, see him on 34th Street that night, or have information that could help investigators?