Brandon Ward was killed in a shooting in Hampton, Virginia, on the evening of July 21, 2023. Police responded just after 6:30 p.m. to the first block of Towne Center Way and found the 31-year-old inside a vehicle with a gunshot wound; Hampton Division of Fire and Rescue pronounced him dead at the scene.

Ward, born in Newport News on July 1, 1992, grew up in Hampton and graduated from Bethel High School in 2010. He worked as a safety inspector at General Dynamics NASSCO-Norfolk and was remembered by family as a devoted father, fiancé, son, and brother with a charming personality and a glowing smile.

Investigators arrested Tyreke Jwan Solomon on August 25, 2023; he was charged with second-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and discharging a firearm in public.

Did anyone in the community know Brandon or have information about the shooting that night?