On June 14, 2026, local law enforcement in Portsmouth responded to a grim emergency call that would open an active homicide investigation in the city’s Ti-Bay neighborhood. What responding officers found when they arrived at the scene was an unresponsive foreign national inside a motor vehicle, with clear signs of multiple gunshot wounds across his body.
Acting Assistant Superintendent Fixton Henderson, the Police Public Relations Officer, has since officially confirmed the victim’s identity to the public. The deceased is 45-year-old Joshwin Carlice Morgan, a foreign national who maintained a local residence in the Ti-Bay area. The first report of the suspicious incident reached the Portsmouth Police Station shortly after 8:10 p.m. that Sunday, prompting immediate deployment of patrol officers to the location.
First responders rushed the wounded man from the vehicle to Portsmouth’s Fitzroy Armour Hospital in an attempt to save his life, but attending medical staff pronounced Morgan dead shortly after his arrival at the facility. Following standard procedure for suspicious deaths, Morgan’s remains have been moved to a local funeral home, where they will remain held until a formal autopsy can be conducted to confirm the official cause and manner of death.
As of the latest update from law enforcement, the investigation into the circumstances surrounding Morgan’s death remains ongoing. Detectives working the case have not yet released details on potential motives or persons of interest, prompting police to issue a public appeal for assistance from anyone who may hold relevant information. Members of the public with any details connected to the homicide—whether they witnessed suspicious activity in Ti-Bay on the evening of June 14, or have information that could advance the investigation—are encouraged to contact authorities through multiple confidential channels. Tips can be submitted directly to the Portsmouth Police Station at telephone number 266-4654, to the department’s Criminal Investigations Division at 266-5165, 266-5157, or 266-5185, to the anonymous crime tip hotline Crime Stoppers at 1-800-8477, or to any local police station across the jurisdiction.