On the afternoon of New Year’s Eve 2021, a burst of gunfire in Portsmouth, Virginia, killed 34-year-old Donta McKinley Copeland and seriously wounded another man. The shooting happened about 2:30 p.m. near the Hodges Manor apartments on Dunedin Road. First responders found Copeland with a fatal gunshot wound; the other victim was taken to hospital with serious injuries and was expected to survive.

The Portsmouth Police Department classified the incident as a homicide investigation. In the days after the shooting media reports confirmed the location and identities of the victims, but offered few details about what led to the violence. Police did not release information about any suspect or motive, and there have been no public announcements of arrests. The case remains an unsolved homicide.

Did anyone in the Portsmouth area see or hear anything near Hodges Manor on that afternoon that could help fill the gap in what happened?