In the pre-dawn hours of November 23, 2024, an 80-year-old man, George Tetterton Bowen Jr., was shot and killed in the 300 block of Hamilton Avenue in Portsmouth, Virginia. Police arrived about 2:25 a.m. after reports of a shooting and found Bowen suffering from multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene and the case has been classified as a homicide.

Neighbors said they heard several gunshots. The Portsmouth Police Department opened an active investigation but has not released information about suspects or arrests and is asking anyone with information to contact the Crime Line. Bowen, known as Ted, was remembered as a passionate outdoorsman who loved hunting and fishing, a man of strong Christian faith and a devoted husband and father survived by his wife of 47 years, five children, and eleven grandchildren.

Did anyone in the community hear or see anything that night that could help investigators?