On the night of April 9, 2020, gunshots were reported in the 1900 block of Redgate Drive in Portsmouth, Virginia. Officers arriving about 11:28 p.m. found a man with a gunshot wound to his torso; medics pronounced him dead at the scene. The victim was identified as 25-year-old Karlsten Baines, a Portsmouth resident.

Portsmouth police named four men as persons of interest early in the inquiry: 26-year-old Kievon A. Whitehurst, 26-year-old Antonie D. Speight, 27-year-old Jordan S. Hargrove, all from Portsmouth, and 23-year-old Ta’Juan D. Smith of Chesapeake. Authorities released physical descriptions noting the men had multiple tattoos. An arrest later followed when Maris Elliott was taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder and a gun crime in connection with Baines’s death. In early 2022, investigators were also seeking 27-year-old Dyrion Blankenship and continued to list Hargrove, Whitehurst, and Speight as people of interest.

Does anyone who knew Karlsten or who was in the Redgate Drive area that night have information to share?