In the city of Norfolk, Virginia, a grim discovery was made on the afternoon of May 15, 2018. Inside an apartment at the Crystal Lake Apartments complex, located in the 5500 block of East Virginia Beach Boulevard, the body of 43-year-old Breon Daughtry was found. Police had responded to a call about gunfire in the area around 2:40 p.m. and upon arrival, they found Daughtry suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Daughtry was a Black male.
The investigation into Daughtry's death led to an arrest, though not for his murder. A 20-year-old Portsmouth man, Marvin Bazemore Jr., was taken into custody and charged with concealing a dead body and obstruction of justice. According to authorities, Bazemore hid Daughtry's body in the apartment following the shooting. Despite these charges, Bazemore was not accused of committing the murder itself.
Detectives treated the case as an isolated incident and did not publicly release details regarding the motive or the circumstances that led to the shooting. Bazemore was held in the Norfolk City Jail without bond. The death of Breon Daughtry was a profound loss for his family, with his older brother expressing deep grief over losing a second brother to gun violence. The investigation into who was responsible for Daughtry's death remained ongoing as authorities continued to seek information from the public.
