On the afternoon of February 20, 2018, 23-year-old Devin Qwayshon Bowles was shot and killed in the 800 block of Lassiter Drive at the Lassiter Courts apartment complex in Newport News, Virginia. Officers found Bowles with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at 2:59 p.m. He left behind two young sons and was remembered by family as the youngest of five children.

The Newport News Police Department investigated for months and arrested 20-year-old Jamari Dalton Saunders-Lewis of Hampton on July 13, 2018. Detectives secured warrants charging him with first-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and a drug-related offense alleging distribution or intent to distribute marijuana. A preliminary hearing on April 12, 2019, certified the charges to a grand jury, and a Newport News Circuit Court grand jury returned an indictment on May 17, 2019.

The community held vigils and memorials after Bowles’ death, calling for an end to the violence that took this young father’s life. If anyone knew Devin or has information about the shooting, please come forward.