In the early morning hours of August 20, 2023, 31-year-old Rapheal S. Sumner was fatally shot in the 700 block of E. 29th Street in Norfolk, Virginia. Police who responded to a report of a gunshot victim around 6:00 a.m. found Sumner with a life-threatening gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities later confirmed his death was a homicide.

Officers also found a second man inside a vehicle nearby who had sustained a gunshot wound and was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The relationship between the two victims and the events leading up to the shooting have not been released, and investigators have not publicly named any suspects or announced arrests. The investigation remains active.

If anyone has information about what happened that morning or knew Rapheal Sumner, please share tips with Norfolk Police.