DETECTIVES INVESTIGATE HOMICIDE ON DAHLGREN AVENUE

UPDATE: 12/02/21

Detectives are searching for 41-year-old Ervin E. Folston Jr. he is considered a person of interest in the 20 Dahlgren Avenue homicide.

We urge anyone with information on his whereabouts to contact the Portsmouth Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division at (757) 393–8536 or to submit an anonymous tip through the Portsmouth Crime Line at 1–888-LOCK-U-UP.

ORIGINAL RELEASE:

PORTSMOUTH, VA — On December 7, 2021, around 1:09 a.m., officers responded to the 20 block of Dahlgren Avenue for a gunshot wound incident. Upon arrival, officers located 51-year-old Ronald Obryant Ward with a fatal gunshot wound. Next of kin has been notified.

We urge anyone with information about this incident to contact the Criminal Investigation Division at 757–393–8536. Callers can also leave an anonymous tip with the Crime Line at 1–888-LOCK-U-UP or use the Crime Line’s “P3 Tips” app. You can also submit information to the Portsmouth Crime Line Website at www.p3tips.com. Crime Line tipsters are never asked to give their name or required to testify in court. If a crime line caller’s tip leads to an arrest, they may be eligible for the recovery of up to $1000.