On June 22, 2020, first responders in Norfolk, Virginia, answered a call shortly after 1:15 p.m. for a man who had been shot on Hickory Street. Officers found 53-year-old Darrell W. Moorehouse in the 9400 block of that residential street with a life-threatening gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene before he could be transported to a hospital.

The investigation moved rapidly. On June 23, 2020, Norfolk police announced an arrest: 19-year-old Brian M. Tharrington was taken into custody and charged with second-degree murder and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Tharrington was held without bond at the Norfolk City Jail. Authorities did not release a motive or detailed circumstances leading to the shooting.

If anyone witnessed activity on Hickory Street that afternoon or has information about what led to this shooting, please share what is known with Norfolk police.