On the evening of May 13, 2022, 24-year-old Darren Michael Belardo was found dead inside an apartment in the 900 block of Wintercress Way in Chesapeake, Virginia. Police responding to reports of bullet holes discovered Belardo and 26-year-old John Cortez Mcinnis deceased; investigators also recovered a large quantity of illegal narcotics and treated the scene as a double homicide and narcotics investigation.

The inquiry determined both men were killed during an attempted armed robbery of a popup drug shop run out of the apartment. The operation was managed by Corney Conley, also known as KO and Allen Conley. According to investigators, Belardo and Mcinnis entered armed; Conley and a worker, Rashaun Marcquez Johnson, opened fire, killing them. Another man, Davian Marcelis Jenkins, allegedly pistol-whipped one of the wounded victims, and Conley and Jenkins were seen removing narcotics, cash, and firearms before fleeing. Conley reportedly instructed Jenkins to return and dismantle security cameras, then fled the state. Stray rounds struck a neighboring apartment but no other injuries were reported.

Are there details about Belardo’s life or movements before May 13, 2022, that anyone can share?