On April 29, 2023, 18-year-old Jabari C. Smith was shot and killed in Norfolk, Virginia. Police were called about 4:50 a.m. to the 1400 block of Norchester Avenue, where Smith was found with a gunshot wound and pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators later determined the shooting actually occurred in the 3300 block of East Princess Anne Road.

Smith had graduated from Hampton High School in 2022. He worked four years at Peninsula Family Skating Center and had recently begun a welding job at Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipyard. Active in his church as a junior usher and in the mime ministry at Tabernacle Baptist Church East End, he also skated with Mainstr33t Rollerz and hoped to join the Marines. Friends and family remember his infectious smile and supportive care for his mother during her breast cancer battle.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact authorities.