On the night of September 20, 2016, 36-year-old Gregory Denell Brown, known as Neal, was shot in the face in the Swanson Homes area of Portsmouth, Virginia. Emergency dispatch received a call at 11:05 p.m.; police found Brown suffering from a fatal gunshot wound in the vicinity of 40 Swanson Parkway. According to his girlfriend, Brown had left her apartment around 10:30 p.m. to buy a drink and was shot on South Street while returning. He managed to get back to the girlfriend’s home, called her name, collapsed on the stairs, and died in her presence and that of her children.

Brown was a Portsmouth resident, a graduate of Western Branch High School who attended a welding program at Tidewater Community College. Family and friends described him as a loving father of three, a devoted boyfriend and provider; they held a vigil after his death and called for an end to local violence. Police said they had some leads but had not identified a suspect; no public information about an arrest or suspect identification has been released.

Did anyone in the Swanson Homes or South Street area see Gregory that night or have information about who shot him?