In the early morning of November 11, 2020, 18-year-old Talik Jahleel Farmer of Portsmouth, Virginia, was shot while in his vehicle on the 2700 block of Turnpike Road. Emergency services responded to a single-vehicle crash at about 1:00 a.m. and found Farmer with a gunshot wound to his torso; he was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:04 a.m. Investigators believe he was driving when an unknown person fired the shot, causing him to lose control and strike a utility pole.

The Portsmouth Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit opened a homicide investigation. A potential lead came four days later when a stolen red Hyundai Santa Fe believed to be connected to the shooting was recovered in the 100 block of Chautauqua Avenue. No arrests have been announced and police have not publicly identified any suspects.

The case remains open and active. If anyone has information about the shooting, the recovered vehicle, or movements in the Turnpike Road or Chautauqua Avenue areas that night, please contact the Portsmouth Police.