Families of the victims of 2019’s mass shooting at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center, including Sarah Gayle Leonard, daughter of Mary Louise Gayle, hold a press conference insisting answers to long sought after questions Jan. 10, 2023. (Stephen M. Katz / The Virginian-Pilot)

Cox's Reed Rader flips Great Bridge's Myrin Nixon in the 132-pound weight class match during a regular-season dual at Cox High School in Virginia Beach on Jan. 18, 2023. (Kendall Warner / The Virginian-Pilot)

Robert Low salutes the casket of James Mulligan Jr. during the funeral for James Mulligan Jr. at Church of the Holy Family Catholic Church in Virginia Beach, Virginia on Feb. 8, 2023. Low said that Mulligan was a mentor to him. Mulligan was a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War for seven years before returning to the United States in 1973. (Billy Schuerman / The Virginian-Pilot)

Pedestrians walk past a whale that washed ashore in Virginia Beach, Virginia between the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel and the Lesner Bridge, as seen on Feb. 13, 2023. (Billy Schuerman / The Virginian-Pilot)

Rhonda and Kurt Leidig share a moment before they wed during 97.3 The Eagle's St. Valentine's Day Mass Wedding at Eagle's Nest Rockin' Country Bar in Chesapeake on Feb. 14, 2023. (Kendall Warner / The Virginian-Pilot)

Air Force One carrying President Joe Biden comes in for landing at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Va. on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. (Kendall Warner / The Virginian-Pilot)

A 1936 photo of the 400 block of Granby Street is held up against the current streetscape in downtown Norfolk, Va. on Thursday, March 2, 2023. (Kendall Warner / The Virginian-Pilot)

Kermit Brice, 70, holds a photo of his daughter, Kernet Holloway, outside his residence in Hampton, Virginia on March 10, 2023. Holloway died while in Jail at age 33. Brice keeps the copy of the photo in his wallet. (Billy Schuerman/ Daily Press)

Sun shines through a hole in the head of the bust of Abraham Lincoln on Howard Hankins' property in James City County, Va. on Thursday, March 24, 2023. The heads will soon make up "The Ruines at Hankins Folly" and will be displayed in their current state as Kintsugi, a Japanese art concept that highlights imperfections. (Kendall Warner / Daily Press)

Doug Monda, a retired police officer, shares a moment with his service dog Ash during the Mutts With A Mission graduation at VFW Post 392 in Virginia Beach, Va. on Friday, April 7, 2023. Ash was one of five dogs that graduated. (Kendall Warner / The Virginian-Pilot)

Vietnam veteran Jerry Gandy served as a PBR captain during the Vietnam War. He was awarded two Bronze Stars and two Purple Hearts for his time in service. As seen Thursday, April 13, 2023. (Stephen M. Katz/The Virginian-Pilot)

A cowboy comes close to being trampled by a bull during Saturday, April 15, 2023, afternoon’s first-ever rodeo at Virginia Beach’s Oceanfront. (Stephen M. Katz / The Virginian-Pilot)

Saturday, April 15, 2023, afternoon’s first-ever rodeo at Virginia Beach’s Oceanfront was hugely popular. (Stephen M. Katz / The Virginian-Pilot)

Lt. Ian Arbuckle holds his wife Katie Arbuckle for the first time after being away for 8.5 months with Carrier Strike Group 10 at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on April 21, 2023. (Billy Schuerman / The Virginian-Pilot)

A woman hugs sailors as they return from deployment with the USS George H.W. Bush at Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia, on April 23, 2023. (Billy Schuerman / The Virginian-Pilot)

Tyris Winter, of Los Angeles, photographs friend Mariah Robinson, of Atlanta, at the large inflated silver balls on the beach during Something in the Water at the Oceanfront on Saturday, April 29, 2023. (Stephen M. Katz / The Virginian-Pilot)

Festivalgoers enjoy the Pharrell’s Phriends set at Something in the Water in Virginia Beach, Va. on Saturday, April 29, 2023. (Kendall Warner / The Virginian-Pilot)

A firefighter checks on a home damaged by a storm that rolled through the Great Neck area of Virginia Beach, Va. on Sunday, April 30, 2023. (Kendall Warner / The Virginian-Pilot)

Residents of the Great Neck neighborhood in Virginia Beach start the long process of cleaning up Monday, May 1, 2023, morning, after a tornado ripped through the area the night before. (Stephen M. Katz / The Virginian-Pilot)

An aerial view of the severe damaged done to the Great Neck neighborhood in Virginia Beach after a tornado ripped through the area, as seen Monday, May 1, 2023. (Stephen M. Katz / The Virginian-Pilot)

Bethany Stenger, right, is comforted by her son Aiden Stenger as they wave goodbye to the USS Gerald R. Ford as it deploys from Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia, on May 2, 2023. Stenger’s husband Petty Officer First Class Chad Stenger is entering his third deployment in three years. (Billy Schuerman / The Virginian-Pilot)

Becky Morrison, a Poquoson history teacher, waves from the cockpit of an F-16 Thunderbird before takeoff at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Va. on Friday, May 5, 2023. Morrison was selected by Joint Base Langley-Eustis as the 2023 Hometown Hero. (Kendall Warner / The Virginian-Pilot)

One-year-old Cameron Walker looks out of the front door while his 2-year-old sister Lauryn Walker watches cartoons in the living room of their Chesapeake, Va. home on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. (Kendall Warner / The Virginian-Pilot)

Ayo Handy-Kendi leads a traditional Libation Ceremony on Buckroe Beach in Hampton, Va. on Friday, June 16, 2023. The ceremony was held to seek ancestral blessings and guidance for a "Redemption Voyage" to several African countries. Handy-Kendi, 71, has been conducting these ceremonies since age 25 and is a certified Breath Sekou. The Libations Ceremony is considered one of the oldest African ceremonies used to celebrate life and ancestors, using water or grains as a sacrifice. (Kendall Warner / Daily Press)

Crews work to remove a truck’s wreckage from the water on Friday, June 23, 2023, after it fell off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel in Virginia Beach, Va. on Thursday, June 22, 2023. (Tess Crowley / The Virginian-Pilot)

A great egret nestling walks through Lisa Barlow’s car. 16 great egrets were rescued after a storm the previous night impacted their nesting area in Portsmouth, Virginia on June 26, 2023. (Billy Schuerman / The Virginian-Pilot)

Moe Hayward poses with accessories during a Neon Bear Glow Party at MJ’s Tavern in Norfolk, Virginia on June 17, 2023. The Virginia Bear Contest auctioned off a crocheted bear at the Glow Party, with all proceeds donated to the LGBT Life Center. (Tess Crowley / The Virginian-Pilot)

Aiden McCoy, 6, left, and sister Alaina McCoy, 9, prepare to ride in their parents’ Model A as members of the Cape Henry Model A Ford Club in the South Norfolk July 4th Parade hosted by The South Norfolk Civic League and the Chesapeake Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department in Chesapeake, Va. on Tuesday, July 4, 2023. (Tess Crowley / The Virginian-Pilot)

Fireworks show seen from Town Point Park in Norfolk, Virginia, on July 4, 2023. (Billy Schuerman / The Virginian-Pilot)

Deja Nicole Taylor, the mother of the 6-year-old shooter at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, is escorted out by her grandfather, Calvin Taylor, following her arraignment at the Newport News Circuit Court on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Stephen M. Katz / The Virginian-Pilot)

A firefighter controls a hose from the top of a ladder as the Virginia Beach fire department works a fire in the 2600 block of Atlantic Avenue at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront, July 11, 2023. (Billy Schuerman / The Virginian-Pilot)

Flames engulf storefronts in the 2600 block of Atlantic Avenue at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront, July 11, 2023. (Billy Schuerman / The Virginian-Pilot)

U.S. Navy Sailors hang out with a Mutts with a Mission service dog aboard the USS George Washington at Naval Station Norfolk on Thursday, July 13, 2023. (Kendall Warner/The Virginian-Pilot)

Benny Katz, 3, center, and brother Yossi Katz, 4, right, run in standing water near Maury High School at 5 p.m. after storms move through Norfolk, Va. on Wednesday, July 19, 2023. (Tess Crowley / The Virginian-Pilot)

The Saltwater Cowboys guide the Northern Herd Chincoteague ponies for five miles from the Northern Corral to the Southern Corral along the Atlantic Ocean on Assateague Beach to join the two herds at daybreak on Monday, July 24, 2023. All of the Saltwater Cowboys participate in the walk, which includes approximately 50 firefighters. (Tess Crowley / The Virginian-Pilot)

Tallula Loeb, 9, left, and brother Felix Loeb, 7, of Ojai, California, eat cereal at 6 a.m. after crossing the marsh to secure a spot to watch the Saltwater Cowboys swim ponies during slack tide from Assateague Island to Chincoteague Island on July 26, 2023, in the 98th annual Chincoteague Pony Swim on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. The Loeb family flew from California to watch the famous Chincoteague Pony Swim. (Tess Crowley / The Virginian-Pilot)

Chincoteague ponies rest after swimming during slack tide from Assateague Island to Chincoteague Island on July 26, 2023, in the 98th annual Chincoteague Pony Swim on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. (Tess Crowley / The Virginian-Pilot)

Fans crowd around Oliver Anthony as he makes his way to the stage to perform at Eagle Creek Golf Club and Grill in Moyock, North Carolina on Aug. 19, 2023. (Kendall Warner / The Virginian-Pilot)

A photo of Jwanta Scarbor with a children's toy car on either side sits on display in the living room of her mother Tawanda's home in Norfolk on Aug. 22, 2023. J'wanta Scarbor was shot and killed in her public housing unit on March 12, 2022. Her body was found two days later by one of her older children while her 1-year-old was still in the unit according to the lawsuit. (Kendall Warner / The Virginian-Pilot)

Sailors stand silhouetted by an American Flag during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony aboard the USS New York docked at Naval Station Norfolk on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. The USS New York is built with 7.5 tons of steel from the World Trade Center and was commissioned on Nov. 7, 2009 in New York City. (Kendall Warner/The Virginian-Pilot)

Lcdr. Amanda Lee climbs into her jet for a preview of the Naval Air Station Oceana Air Show in Virginia Beach on Sept. 15, 2023. Lee is the first ever female Blue Angel pilot and the theme of this year's air show is Women in Naval Aviation. (Kendall Warner/The Virginian-Pilot)

The Blue Angels preview the weekend air show at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach on Sept. 15, 2023. (Kendall Warner / The Virginian-Pilot)

Family and friends dig through the wreckage of the Nicoll's Ocean View home, which burned down during Sunday's fire. As seen Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (Stephen M. Katz/The Virginian-Pilot)

A neighbor, whose home was damaged, watches the clean up effort from her balcony. Sunday's fire in Ocean View destroyed her friends' home across the street. As seen Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (Stephen M. Katz/The Virginian-Pilot)

Norfolk Tides players celebrate near the pitchers mound after defeating the Durham Bulls 7-0 to win the International League Championship series on Sept. 28, 2023, at Harbor Park in Norfolk, Virginia. (Billy Schuerman / The Virginian-Pilot)

Bob White is a highly decorated World War II paratrooper, former marathon runner and retired Newport News Shipyard worker who turned 100 on Sunday. As seen at his Hampton home Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. (Stephen M. Katz/ Daily Press)

A leader in the Hampton University band directs members of the band prior to the start of the game. Delaware defeated Hampton University on Oct. 21, 2023 at Armstrong Stadium in Hampton, Virginia. (Billy Schuerman / The Virginian-Pilot)

Anna Nutter, with Daniel Flack looking over the dance floor, glances back to the person singing karaoke in the smoking section at The Banque country western bar Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. (Stephen M. Katz / The Virginian-Pilot)

Tisa (bottom) interacts with another giraffe in their enclosure at the Virginia Zoo in Norfolk on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. (Kendall Warner / The Virginian-Pilot)

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden stand with Navy-wife Sibrena Sears at Friendsgiving with service members and their families at Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. Sears' husband, aviation boatswain's mate Shannon Sears, is currently deployed aboard the USS Eisenhower. (Kendall Warner / The Virginian-Pilot)

Kendrick Hopkins, a documentary film producer, (left) and Asa Jackson, curator and director of the Contemporary Arts Network, pose together for a portrait in Newport News on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. (Kendall Warner / Daily Press)