Nineteen-year-old Jesse E. Tidwell of Newport News was fatally shot in the early hours of March 8, 2023, in Hampton. Tidwell and another 19-year-old man from Norfolk were confronted by at least one armed person in the 1500 block of Briarfield Road; as they tried to flee in their vehicle, shots were fired and both were struck. They drove to the 1400 block of Aberdeen Road seeking help. Police and emergency personnel found Tidwell had died at the scene; the other victim was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and was expected to recover.

Investigators initially treated robbery as the suggested motive. On August 21, 2023, Hampton authorities arrested 20-year-old Janylen O’Keefe Chapman of Hampton in connection with the homicide. A second suspect, 19-year-old Dasaan Cokley-Williams of Hampton, was arrested in Newport News on September 23, 2023. Both face charges that include first-degree murder, robbery, aggravated malicious wounding, and multiple counts of using a firearm in the commission of a felony; Chapman was also charged with possession of a firearm by a non-violent felon.

Did anyone in the Hampton or Newport News area see the vehicle or people involved that night or have information about the case?