On the morning of Tuesday, January 3, 2006, gunfire was reported near Old Virginia Beach Road and Barberton Drive in Virginia Beach. At about 8:30 a.m. police found 34-year-old Shawn Gary John lying in the roadway; he was bleeding, unresponsive, and was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities determined his death was a homicide from a gunshot wound.

Shawn Gary John was described as a Black male, 5 feet 10 inches, 190 pounds, with brown eyes, black receding hair, and wearing prescription glasses. He lived near the scene. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests are reported; the investigation remains an active unsolved case with the Virginia Beach Police Department.

If anyone was in that neighborhood that morning or has information about the shooting, please share what you know with the Virginia Beach Police Department.