Maurice Anthony Gore was 34 when he was killed in Portsmouth, Virginia, in the early hours of April 9, 2017. Police were called for medical assistance at about 2:12 a.m. in the 2300 block of Charleston Avenue and found Gore with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Another man was injured and survived with non-life-threatening wounds.

Detectives identified a suspect, Kevin L. Howell, an acquaintance from high school, and arrested him on April 19, 2017. Prosecutors described the killing as an execution-style shooting at an after-hours party; the medical examiner reported Gore had been shot 12 times, including a wound to the back of the head, and suffered catastrophic damage to vital organs. Howell claimed self-defense; a jury rejected that claim and convicted him of first-degree murder and illegal use of a firearm in April 2018. Howell received life plus three years. At the time of his death Gore was a father of two and was working to start a landscaping business.

If anyone knew Maurice, his activities that night, or has information about the events on Charleston Avenue, please share what is known.