On September 24, 2022, 22-year-old Ashanti Syncere Allah Britt was found by officers responding to a shooting in the 200 block of Dale Drive in Portsmouth, Virginia. Britt, a Black male, suffered a life-threatening gunshot wound and died shortly after being taken to a local hospital for emergency treatment.

Investigators identified 26-year-old Herschel Allen Bernard Watkins Jr. as a suspect and charged him with second-degree murder, malicious shooting, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and concealing or compounding evidence. Two others were also implicated: 19-year-old Elijah Drew was arrested and charged with concealing or compounding evidence, and an unnamed 16-year-old male was taken into custody on multiple charges including second-degree murder, malicious shooting, concealing or compounding evidence, being an accessory after the fact, and possession of a firearm by a minor. Court records allege Britt and two other men were exchanging gunfire when Britt was shot, and that Drew helped dispose of the firearm.

Does anyone have information about that early morning on Dale Drive or about Britt’s movements that night?