Calvin Raymond Byas, 40, was shot and killed outside his Norfolk home on the evening of July 9, 2021. Responders were called to the 7900 block of Old Ocean View Road about 11:30 p.m. for a report of a gunshot disturbance; Byas was found with a life-threatening gunshot wound, taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, and later died. His wife was present when the shooting occurred. Byas was a co-owner of a pool installation company, a father of five and known to family and friends as Poppy.

Investigators linked the killing to a suspect who had committed an armed robbery earlier that day at La Botica Hispana #2 on Chesapeake Boulevard, where two clerks were robbed at gunpoint, one of them pregnant. Surveillance footage captured a red Ford Expedition tied to another shooting and seen near Byas’s home; a witness provided the nickname Tone, which led police to a suspect. Authorities located and followed the vehicle and made an arrest after the person entered and began to drive away.

The motive for why Byas was targeted was not clear. If anyone knew Calvin, his movements that night, or has information about the vehicle or nickname Tone, please come forward.