GLOUCESTER POINT — A man is missing after going into the York River from the Gloucester Point Fishing Pier Sunday afternoon.
According to the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office, the Gloucester County Emergency Communications Center received a 911 call from an individual at the Gloucester Point Beach July 27 at approximately 4:28 p.m. that an individual had not resurfaced after going into the York River.
Gloucester County deputies responded along with partners from the Abingdon Fire & Rescue Squad, the York County Department of Fire & Life Safety, the Virginia Marine Police, the Virginia Conservation Police, the United States Coast Guard and Camp Peary in an attempt to locate the individual, according to the sheriff’s office.
According to the sheriff’s office, the missing individual has been identified as 50-year-old Steven Kendall Wright of Richmond. Wright is described as a black male, 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighing approximately 220 pounds. He has short black hair and brown eyes, and was last seen wearing red or green shorts and no shirt.
Search and rescue efforts extended into Sunday evening, and the sheriff’s office said they will continue throughout Monday.
Anyone with any information that may help locate Wright, or anyone who was in the area of the Gloucester Point Beach or Fishing Pier at the time he went missing is asked to contact Investigator A. Krause with the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division at 804-693-4139 and reference Case #2025-01052.
The sheriff’s office said additional information will be released as it becomes available.
