On the night of March 1 into the early hours of March 2, 2014, 26-year-old United States Navy serviceman Laran Tarel Strawter was fatally shot after an argument at a small gathering in an apartment at Newport Harbor Apartments on Madison Avenue in Newport News, Virginia. The dispute between Strawter and another man, identified as Shawn House of Suffolk, moved outside; it is believed House shot Strawter. Strawter ran back into the apartment but collapsed and was found by police just after a call about a possible shooting arrived before 11 p.m.

He was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead shortly before 12:30 a.m. The day after the shooting, Shawn House turned himself in and was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Strawter, a former resident of Tifton, Georgia, was survived by his wife, children, parents, and siblings and was buried with full military honors.

Does anyone have information about that night or knew Laran or others who were at the gathering?