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On the early morning of December 5, 2014, a vehicle traveling on Effingham Street near Duke Street in Portsmouth was fired into. The driver, Antonio J. Atkins, 25, was struck and pronounced dead at the scene. A woman who had been riding with him suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital; another man in the car escaped uninjured.

Investigators initially reported no motive and had no suspect to name. The community responded with a large gathering at New Mount Olive Baptist Church and a march back to the intersection where Atkins was killed. Later reporting described the incident as a drive-by shooting; the family continued to say they had no answers and the shooter had not been publicly identified.

Does anyone have information about that night on Effingham Street that could help bring new leads?