John Raymond Caldarera, 26, was shot and killed on the evening of July 1, 2021, in the 1200 block of Seaboard Avenue in Chesapeake, Virginia. A dispute reportedly began over a bicycle between a friend of Caldarera’s and another man who was with a boy and a girl; the man allegedly fired a warning shot into the air and the confrontation moved into a nearby alley. When Caldarera went to investigate, he was shot in the chest and died in his mother Anna Caldarera’s arms; emergency medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene.

Three other people were also struck by gunfire that night: another adult male, a juvenile boy, and a juvenile girl, who were taken to local hospitals. Witnesses said they saw a man being led away in handcuffs, but the Chesapeake Police Department has not released official information about arrests or identified suspects and the investigation remains open. John was a former student of Booker T. Washington High School and was remembered by his mother as kind and good with fixing things.

Does anyone have information about the July 1, 2021 shooting or recall seeing activity in the 1200 block of Seaboard Avenue that evening?