Charkela YaVette Branch, 37, was shot on the evening of July 25, 2022, in the 10th block of Jenkins Place in Portsmouth, Virginia. Police found Branch and a man with serious gunshot injuries; both were taken to a local hospital, and Branch died of her wounds.

Investigators identified a suspect in the shooting as Jamar Lafonz Hilliard. Following a three-day trial that ended on October 4, 2023, a jury found Hilliard guilty of voluntary manslaughter and maliciously shooting into an occupied dwelling. He was also convicted in a separate trial of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

What information can anyone share about Branch’s last known movements in Portsmouth or about the events on Jenkins Place that evening?