Demond T. Mitchell was 19 when he was shot in Portsmouth, Virginia, on the afternoon of Monday, April 4, 2016. Police were called to the 900 block of Suburban Parkway shortly after 5 p.m.; officers found Mitchell with a life-threatening gunshot wound and he was taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, where he died of his injuries.

The investigation produced arrests the following month. On April 19, 24-year-old D’Marcus Heflin was taken into custody and charged with murder, abduction, burglary, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and three counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony; Heflin also had an outstanding warrant for revocation of a suspended sentence and was held in the Portsmouth City Jail. Twenty-five-year-old Bilal Boyce was arrested and charged with murder, abduction, burglary, and three counts of using a firearm in the commission of a felony; Boyce was released on bond.

Anyone who knew Demond Mitchell or has information about the April 4, 2016 shooting in the 900 block of Suburban Parkway is asked to come forward.