Patrick M. Cochrane, 25, was found wounded inside a vehicle after a crash in the 700 block of East Little Creek Road in Norfolk on the evening of March 1, 2018. Responding officers discovered he had been shot; he was taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital and died from his injuries. Investigators determined Cochrane had been shot minutes earlier in the 7900 block of Orchid Avenue and then drove away before crashing in the parking lot where he was found.

A witness said an argument was heard just before a gunshot and observed a black car speeding away while several people, including a female, ran toward nearby apartments. Within days police identified three suspects. On March 5 two people were arrested: Jeremy Harris, 27, and Becca Banta, 24, whom the family identified as Cochrane’s ex-girlfriend. The third suspect, Thomas Nesmith, 24, was arrested April 20 after a multi-jurisdictional search. All three were charged with second-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and conspiracy; Banta also faced accessory after the fact, and all were held without bond.

Did anyone in the Norfolk area see a black car or people running near Orchid Avenue that night or have other information about what happened?