On Sunday evening, February 5, 2023, 19-year-old Jerome Emuel Odom was killed in a shooting in Chesapeake’s South Norfolk neighborhood. Gunfire broke out around 6:51 p.m. near Broad Street and Acorn Street. Officers who arrived found Odom lying in the street; he died of his injuries.

A second man was also shot that night. He managed to leave the scene and was later taken to a local hospital; his identity and the extent of his injuries have not been released.

What information can anyone share about that stretch of Broad Street or the people who were in the area that evening?