On May 13, 2022, a violent encounter at an apartment on Wintercress Way in Chesapeake, Virginia left 26-year-old John Cortez McInnis and 24-year-old Darren Michael Belardo dead from gunshot wounds. Police were called about bullet holes in the building and found both men inside a unit, along with a significant quantity of illegal narcotics; investigators treated the case as a double homicide and a narcotics investigation.

McInnis and Belardo, both armed, attempted to rob the operation and were shot during an exchange with members of the trafficking ring. Bullets from the shootout penetrated a neighboring apartment and struck a child’s play kitchen, but no one else was injured.

Several men at the scene were identified as having shot or assaulted the victims, and others were seen removing drugs, money, and firearms and dismantling security cameras after the killings. Does anyone have information about the individuals involved or about activity at that Wintercress Way address around May 13, 2022?