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Melvin D. Brown was 32 when he was found with gunshot wounds to his upper body on October 25, 2014, in the 900 block of Queen Street in the Olde Towne section of Portsmouth, Virginia. Emergency services arrived about 9:45 a.m.; Brown was taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital and later died of his injuries.

Investigators identified 33-year-old Lawrence L. Gordon, Jr. as the primary suspect and a warrant was issued for his arrest. Gordon was located in North Carolina on November 6, 2014, and later returned to Virginia to face charges that included murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Information that emerged after the shooting suggested the incident may have begun as a dispute during a dice game.

Did anyone in Olde Towne that morning see or hear anything that could help clarify what happened during the dice game?