VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Two suspects are in custody after a Saturday night shooting in Virginia Beach killed one teenager and left two others hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.
Virginia Beach police have charged 20-year-old Davoll Deshamp James Jr. with murder, shooting into an occupied vehicle, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and two counts of aggravated malicious wounding, WAVY reported.
Great work by responding @VBPD officers from 4th Precinct and follow-up by our Homicide Unit to bring quick closure to yet another tragic occurrence of gun violence in our city. https://t.co/7dIs7mjepo
— Chief Paul Neudigate (@PaulNeudigate) April 4, 2021
Jarquavivs Webb, 19, was also arrested in connection with the shooting and is charged with robbery, attempt to commit a non-capital offense and conspiracy to commit a felony, the TV station reported.
Police have not identified the shooting victims, but The Washington Post confirmed that the teenager who died was a boy and that he died at the scene. The critically wounded teenagers were identified only as a boy and a girl.
Saturday’s triple shooting came eight days after two people were killed and eight others were wounded in two separate shootings about 14 miles away, resulting in three arrests.
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