Chre’tien Michael Anthony Brown was 25 when he was shot and killed in the early morning hours of April 13, 2019, at the Aqueduct Apartments on Aqueduct Drive in Newport News, Virginia. Officers responded to calls of gunfire around 4:45 a.m.; medics could not save him and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The death was investigated as a homicide.

In the days after the shooting the community held a walk beginning at the Aqueduct Boys & Girls Club to remember Chre’tien and to press for information. Authorities continue to ask anyone with information to contact the Crime Line.

If anyone knew Chre’tien, was in the area that morning, or has information that could help the investigation, please come forward.