Chesapeake, Virginia, recorded its first homicide of 2011 when 23-year-old Joel Pittman was found shot in the front yard of a Hoover Avenue residence on a Monday evening in early 2011. The house belonged to 18-year-old Tashaun Sherrod.

Chesapeake Police arrested Sherrod and charged him with first-degree murder and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.

Does anyone have verifiable information about Joel Pittman’s last movements or his connection to the homeowner that could help clarify what happened?