Ontavious Vadelle Mapp, 28, was found unresponsive and pronounced dead after a reported shooting on Withams Road in Accomack County during the early morning hours of June 4, 2021. The incident was initially reported as an accidental shooting, but investigators from the Accomack County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Virginia State Police, opened a probe into the circumstances surrounding his death.

Mapp’s body was sent to the Norfolk Medical Examiner’s Office for autopsy to determine an official cause of death. At the time of these reports officials described the investigation as ongoing and asked the public for any information; no arrests or suspects had been publicly identified.

If anyone in the Daugherty area or along Withams Road has information about that night, please come forward to help the investigation.