On a tragic Friday night in Norfolk, Virginia, the life of 26-year-old Seaman Keith Lendore was cut short by gun violence. On October 16, 2015, Lendore was at a party near 37th Street and Killam Avenue when gunfire erupted shortly before 11:45 p.m. Norfolk Police and Old Dominion University Police responded to reports of shots fired in the 1000 block of W. 37th Street.
Upon their arrival, they discovered a chaotic scene with three individuals suffering from gunshot wounds.
Lendore, a male sailor, sustained a fatal injury and was pronounced dead at the scene. Two female Old Dominion University students, aged 19 and 20, were also wounded in the shooting. They were transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and were expected to recover. Investigators from the Norfolk Police Department worked in conjunction with the ODU police to piece together the events of that night and identify the person or persons responsible for the senseless violence that claimed a young man's life and injured two others.
The investigation led detectives to Washington County, Maryland, where they identified 20-year-old Christian Williams-Rivera as a suspect in the homicide. On October 27, 2015, through a coordinated effort with the Washington County Sheriff's Office and the Maryland State Police Apprehension Team, Williams-Rivera was taken into custody. He was charged with second-degree murder, three counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and two counts of malicious wounding. Following his arrest, Williams-Rivera was held at the Washington County Detention Center, awaiting extradition to Virginia to face the charges against him.
