Derrick T. Horton was 29 when he was shot and killed in Norfolk, Virginia, on July 26, 2020. Dispatchers received a call about a gunshot victim around 6 a.m. in the 2800 block of Earlscourt Avenue. Police found Horton inside his car with apparent gunshot wounds and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Born in Norfolk and a product of Norfolk Public Schools, Horton was a father to three sons and remembered by family as a great father and a beloved, family-oriented son. His mother said she learned of his death by phone while visiting a grandson in North Carolina. Norfolk police opened a homicide investigation and asked the public for information but did not release details about a suspect or the events that led to the shooting. Nearly two years after the killing, his mother reported the murder remained unsolved.

Did anyone in the Norfolk area see or hear anything in the 2800 block of Earlscourt Avenue around 6 a.m. on July 26, 2020 that could help investigators?