Portsmouth police searching for person of interest in homicide case

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Portsmouth Police Department need the public’s assistance in locating a person of interest in a homicide case.

Detectives with the Major Crime Unit are searching for 24-year-old Keonte Deshawn Knight of Suffolk, Virginia. Investigators need Knight for questioning related to the Jan. 6 homicide of 36-year old Brent Hargraves. Knight is a person of interest; there are no charges at this time.

On Jan. 6, officers were called to the 10 block of Calvin Street in Portsmouth in response to a gunshot wound. When officers arrived to the scene, Hargraves was found unresponsive in a crashed vehicle. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

The investigation is ongoing…

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