In the early hours of March 20, 2015, gunfire in the 1600 block of Vernon Drive in Norfolk’s Diggs Town left 39-year-old Johnny Williams with a fatal gunshot wound. He was found just after 12:30 a.m., taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, and later died there. Norfolk Homicide Detectives classified the incident as a homicide and began an immediate investigation.

By about 2:00 p.m. that afternoon, the Norfolk Police Fugitive Squad and the U.S. Marshals Task Force arrested 29-year-old Jermaine Rogers without incident in the 900 block of Randolph Street in Portsmouth. Rogers was charged with Second-Degree Murder, Attempted Malicious Wounding, and two counts of Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony. Investigators collected evidence from a playground and other areas within the housing community as they worked to reconstruct what happened.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or saw activity in the Vernon Drive area around midnight on March 20, 2015, please share information with investigators.