The shooting occurred the morning of June 18, 2023; police received a distress call at about 11:03 AM and emergency responders pronounced the male victim dead at the scene after he was discovered with a single gunshot wound.

Investigators say the victim and the person responsible knew one another and that the suspect fled before officers arrived, reportedly in a red Ford F-150 from the 2000s. A man identified as 57-year-old Russell Edwards of Portsmouth was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, possession of a firearm by a felon, and discharging a firearm within a dwelling house; he was held without bond at the Western Tidewater Regional Jail. The investigation into the circumstances of the killing remains ongoing.

If anyone has information about Michael Byron Small, the events on Apple Street that morning, or the vehicle described, please come forward.