NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Violence in Calvert Square on the afternoon of June 20 put the lives of the entire community and police at risk.

At the time, Norfolk Police Chief Mark Talbot said his officers were in the area patrolling about a block away when they heard 10 gunshots coming from East Olney Road.

Nikki Williams rushed to the scene to check on her nephew, 29-year-old Maurice Stowe, and his friend, 19-year-old Javid (Jay-vid) Williams.

“Well, I got a phone call, [and] they said it was a shooting in Cary [Calvert] Square and I needed to get up there immediately,” Williams said. “So when I got there, Maurice wasn’t there. Javid was laying out there on the ground.”

She rushed to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, which she said had been placed on lockdown because of the shooting. Once inside, doctors shared the grim news on her nephew’s condition.

“They told me that he had lost oxygen to his brain for over 10 minutes, and at that point, we knew he was brain dead,” Williams said.

A third person, a 23-year-old who was not identified by police, was also shot at the scene. He was taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, treated for non-life-threatening injuries and released.

Loved ones from across the country joined the interview with Williams via teleconference to call on the community for help. Nicole Whitley Clark, who lives in Hampton Roads, said young women who live in Calvert Square are harboring young men — potentially criminals — whose names are not on the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority lease.

“Some of those females [are] going to be held accountable because they know what’s going on,” Whitely Clark said. Cory Stowe, the victim’s brother, joined the conversation from Las Vegas, Nevada.

“We just want justice,” Stowe said.

Loved ones are also calling for an end to instances of apparent social media dysfunction that followed the double murder.

“Yep, so we have been getting word that they have been making jokes about it, have been making rap songs about it,” Williams said.

In Williams’ living room, an enlarged and framed snapshot of Maurice Stowe and Javid Williams joins a makeshift memorial that features portraits of deceased loved ones. According to the family, Stowe, who had three young children, was adored by loved ones and he was the family’s first known death that was caused by murder.

Asked what she wanted to tell the community about how the young man died in a hail of bullets that could have hit anyone, Williams said that, “what I need to say is that you can’t help it where you live, and the community needs to take their neighborhood back. They have to live where they live. The children need to play. The elderly need to come out. They need to enjoy this summer. It’s unfair that my kids, my grandkids get to go to the pool, and the rec center, and enjoy life.”

Stowe had a criminal history that involved illegal gambling. Loved ones say they don’t believe his gambling operation was the motive in the double murder.

If you have information on the case, call the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP or use the P3Tips app. You don’t have to give your name or testify in court.