Aaron W. Forbes was 27 when he was found fatally shot in Norfolk on the morning of August 16, 2020. Officers answering a well-being check in the 2500 block of Lafayette Boulevard arrived around 7:15 a.m. and discovered Forbes with a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Born February 8, 1993, in Virginia Beach, Forbes lived in Norfolk, graduated from Booker T. Washington High School and trained at the Norfolk Fire-Rescue Training Center. He was a father of three, an active church member, described as fun-loving, and had plans to join the Seafarers International Union.

Norfolk Police detectives opened a homicide investigation and asked the public for tips via the Norfolk Crime Line and the P3Tips app. No arrests or suspects have been publicly announced. If anyone has information about that morning or Forbes’s movements leading up to August 16, please report it to the Norfolk Crime Line or submit a tip through P3Tips.