Diamonte Malik Brown was 22 when he was shot and killed on the evening of August 8, 2021, in the 200 block of Alesa Drive in Williamsburg. Responding James City County Police and Fire crews found him unresponsive in the street around 9:15 p.m.; he was taken to Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center and pronounced dead. A second 22-year-old man from James City County suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the leg and was taken to the hospital by a friend before officers arrived.

Two days later, on August 10, 2021, officers arrested 42-year-old Naieveo Alidro Hairston of Newport News at a motel. He was booked on charges including murder, robbery, two counts of using a firearm in the commission of a felony, malicious wounding, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Diamonte was remembered as D, a Jamestown High School graduate, former state-championship basketball team member, and Chowan University player who cherished his mother and his daughter.

If anyone in Williamsburg or York County has information about the shooting, please come forward.