On the evening of Saturday, June 19, 2021, police were called to a home in the first block of Shelton Road in Hampton, Virginia. Responding emergency personnel arrived after a call at approximately 10:19 p.m. and found 31-year-old Rakalee Sterling inside the residence with a gunshot wound. Sterling was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Hampton Police Division opened a homicide investigation and asked the public for help identifying any suspect or suspects. Motive and the specific circumstances of the shooting were described as under investigation, and no information about potential suspects was released. There have been no public announcements of an arrest in connection with Sterling’s death.

If anyone has information about Rakalee Sterling, his movements that night, or anything seen on Shelton Road around 10:19 p.m. on June 19, 2021, please share what is known.