The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, August 25, 1995                TAG: 9508250736
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: METRO BRIEFS 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

DEAD MAN IDENTIFIED

A man shot to death in the Prentis Park section Wednesday night has been identified as Ezra Devon Wynn, 19, of the 2500 block of Graham St., police said Thursday.

Police were called to the intersection of Des Moines Avenue and Palmer Street about 10:30 p.m. after a report that shots were fired and a man was down. When officers and rescue personnel arrived they found Wynn lying on a sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the face.

Wynn, also known as Man, died at the scene.

Police have not established a motive or suspects. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 393-8536 or Crime Line at 488-7777.

KEYWORDS: SHOOTING HOMICIDE by CNB