On February 27, 2021, 19-year-old TroQuan S. Martin was shot and killed in the 500 block of Timothy Avenue in Norfolk. Police arrived about 12:35 p.m. and found Martin with a fatal gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Two other men, ages 22 and 23, were also wounded and taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital with injuries reported as nonfatal.

A neighbor reported seeing someone sitting and smoking a cigarette before being shot and then another person across the way who continued to fire and appeared to reload. One of the wounded men, identified as 23-year-old James C. Wilson, was arrested and later charged with second-degree murder, malicious wounding, and two counts of using a firearm in the commission of a felony. Motive and the detailed circumstances leading to the shooting have not been released.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about what led to this violence, please share what is known.