On December 8, 2024, at about 10:35 p.m. police in Norfolk responded to a shooting in the 1500 block of Cary Avenue and found 52-year-old James O. Giles Jr. suffering from a life-threatening gunshot wound. He was taken to a local hospital and later died of his injuries. Giles was a Black man from Chesapeake, a father of eight and a grandfather of two.

Officers arrested 44-year-old Keith E. Brumsey Jr. of Norfolk at the scene. Brumsey was charged with second-degree murder and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and is being held without bond in the Norfolk City Jail. Authorities have not released a motive and the investigation remains ongoing.

If anyone has information about what led to the shooting or was in the area that night, please share what you know.