On the evening of April 7, 2023, 37-year-old David Joshua Gomes was fatally shot inside a residence on the 300 block of Beech Street in Suffolk, Virginia. Police responded to a 7:32 PM 911 call and found Gomes with a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Gomes, known to friends and family as D, Gomes, and Dave, was a father of six, born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and a Lakeland High School alumnus who had played running back for the Suffolk Steelers. He worked for Lamberts Cable Splicing Company, LLC in Chesapeake and was remembered as a Mr.

Fix It who loved working on cars and followed the New England Patriots. Authorities identified a suspect the next day and secured warrants for 42-year-old Alvin Lorenzo Bryant Jr. of Suffolk on charges including second-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a felon; Bryant was described as armed and dangerous and believed to be driving a gold 2001 Honda Accord. On April 10, 2023, Bryant turned himself in at Police Precinct 2 and was held at the Western Tidewater Regional Jail without bond.

If anyone knew David or has information about what happened that night, please come forward.