On the night of July 24, 2023, 32-year-old Deneen C. Tricey Lymore was fatally shot in her Norfolk, Virginia apartment on the 1500 block of Berkley Avenue Extended. An assailant kicked in the door shortly before midnight and opened fire; Lymore was struck and later died at a local hospital. A 37-year-old man was also shot and survived with non-life-threatening injuries.

All four of Lymore’s children were inside the apartment and witnessed the attack. Norfolk police opened an investigation quickly, but as of December 15, 2023 no suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests announced. No motive has been reported.

If anyone has information about the break-in and shooting or recalls suspicious activity near Berkley Avenue Extended that night, please contact Norfolk police.