In the early morning of December 10, 2017, gunfire broke out on the 1000 block of Ivaloo Street in Norfolk, Virginia. Officers found 31-year-old Claude M. Smith inside a vehicle with gunshot wounds; he was taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital and pronounced dead. A second male victim was discovered inside a nearby home and treated for serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

The day after the shooting, 25-year-old Gary Lee Drew Jr. of Norfolk was taken into custody by the Norfolk Police Fugitive Squad and the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force. He was charged with second-degree murder, malicious wounding, and two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and held without bond.

Anyone who remembers activity on Ivaloo Street that night or has information about Claude’s case is asked to come forward.