Sanjuan Shy, a 40-year-old Black man from Chesapeake, was found with a life-threatening gunshot wound on the 1300 block of Bolton Street in Norfolk shortly before 2:00 p.m. on July 20, 2018. He was transported to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital but died of his injuries. At the time he had recently become engaged and had a youngest daughter who was five months old; he is also survived by five daughters, one of whom, Juaneesha Pittman, spoke about the family’s grief.

Norfolk Police opened an investigation but released no details about what led to the shooting, including motive or suspects. If anyone has information about the shooting on Bolton Street that afternoon, please come forward and share what is known.