William M. Johnson III, 44, was found with an apparent fatal gunshot wound on Argonne Avenue in Norfolk in the early morning hours of June 19, 2016. Officers responding to a report of a possible gunshot victim arrived about 3:50 a.m.; paramedics pronounced Johnson dead at the scene.

Norfolk Police opened a homicide investigation but initially had no information about a suspect. Detectives have not released the circumstances of the shooting or a motive, and no arrests have been announced. Johnson is remembered in the community as a successful real estate developer and a devoted father; his family continues to seek answers.

If anyone has information about that night or Johnson’s movements in the hours before 3:50 a.m. on June 19, 2016, please come forward to Norfolk Police.