Jawan Johnson was shot once in the chest and died on May 31 at a Sunoco gas station in the 2400 block of Lynnhaven Parkway. While Virginia Beach police said they identified the shooter almost immediately, some four months later authorities do not have the evidence necessary to make an arrest.
The seven largest cites in Hampton Roads recorded 115 homicides from January to June, up from 88 in the same time-frame last year. That’s a 30% increase in homicides across the region.