Tyre-a Irvon Mepherson, 23, was found fatally shot on February 18, 2023, in the 40 block of Gilmerton Avenue near Effingham Street in Portsmouth, Virginia. Police responded at 7:27 a.m.; first responders pronounced him dead at the scene. Mepherson was a resident of nearby Chesapeake.

The Portsmouth Police Department opened a homicide investigation and the Investigations Bureau appealed for public help. No motive or suspect information has been released, and no arrests have been announced. The case remains active and investigators are asking anyone with information to contact them.

Did anyone in the Portsmouth or Chesapeake area see or hear anything that morning that could help investigators?