A man died after being shot on Cunningham Drive in Hampton, and police say they are still in the earliest stages of figuring out what happened. Officers were called to the 2100 block of the street around 7:30 p.m. Sunday for a report of a shooting, and the man who was found with gunshot wounds was rushed to a local hospital, where he later died.
According to WTKR, police have not released the victim's identity as they work to notify his family. The Hampton Police Division's Major Crimes Unit has taken over the investigation, and WAVY.com also reported on the homicide investigation Sunday night.
Investigation Still in Early Stages
Police described the case as still developing, saying the investigation is in its early stages. Despite the violence, investigators said there is no known ongoing threat to the public, offering some reassurance to residents along the busy Cunningham Drive corridor even as basic details, including the victim's name and any information about a suspect or motive, remain unknown.
The stretch of Cunningham Drive has seen gunfire before. The same report notes a shooting occurred in the 2000 block of the street in February 2018, when a 17-year-old Williamsburg boy was treated for injuries that were not life-threatening; police at the time said the investigation was ongoing and that they had no suspect information to release. A Hampton Police Division notice also documented a shooting in the 2100 block of Cunningham Drive in October 2020, and a Virginia State Police cold-case listing shows a homicide dated February 2012 at a nearby address on the same street. None of those earlier incidents has been connected by available evidence to Saturday's shooting.
Part of a Broader Crime Picture
Saturday's death adds to a year that has already drawn scrutiny from city leaders over violent crime trends. A report presented to Hampton's City Council, covered by the Virginian-Pilot, found the city had recorded 12 homicides and 175 violent crimes through June 30, 2025. That homicide count was below 2023 levels for the same period but more than double what the city saw over the same stretch in 2024, while violent crime overall was up 28 incidents compared to the prior year.
Hampton Police Chief Jimmie Wideman attributed that earlier spike in violent crime to a handful of isolated incidents in April and May of last year, according to the same report. The supplied evidence does not include a verified, clearly dated homicide total for Hampton in 2026, so it is not possible to say how Saturday's shooting fits into this year's broader numbers.
For now, the case remains with Hampton's Major Crimes Unit, and no arrest or suspect information has been made public. Anyone with information can contact Hampton police at 757-727-6111 or the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP, with online and app options also available.
