On the early morning of March 16, 2019, 66-year-old Wilbur Giles, a Black/African American man and a retired Norfolk Naval Shipyard worker, was found dead from gunshot wounds in a Portsmouth, Virginia apartment. Police were dispatched shortly after 12:30 a.m. to the 3600 block of Gateway Drive for a possible domestic assault. Officers forced entry and discovered 34-year-old Chiquita Giles unresponsive in a bedroom; a second bedroom door was barricaded. After gaining access to that room, officers found Wilbur Giles unresponsive. Autopsies confirmed both died of gunshot wounds to the torso.

Investigators identified Chiquita’s brother, 36-year-old Sheldon Marcus Porter, as a suspect and issued warrants for his arrest. He turned himself in to Portsmouth police and was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a non-violent felon. Does anyone have information about the Giles family or the events that night that could help clarify what happened?