Nevaeh Harris, 19, was shot and killed inside an apartment at Brennon Pointe Apartments on Warwick Boulevard in Newport News on November 11, 2025. Police arrived about 1:35 a.m. and Harris was pronounced dead at the scene.

Two days later, 21-year-old Kanye Smith of Newport News went to police headquarters to give a statement and was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, discharging a firearm in an occupied building, and using a firearm in the commission of a felony. Court documents say both Smith and his mother told police that an argument occurred; the mother told investigators Harris was trying to leave with her two sons, allegedly charged at Smith with a knife, and the mother heard a gunshot and saw Harris fall as Smith fled with a gun. Smith told detectives the shooting was accidental, saying Harris grabbed the gun and it discharged while he tried to take it from her, but investigators say that account does not match the nature of Harris’s wounds. The weapon has not been recovered. Smith is scheduled for court on January 29.

If anyone knew Nevaeh Harris or has information about the November 11 shooting, please come forward.