YORKTOWN, Va. — A man has been arrested and charged in connection to a shooting that left two siblings hurt — including one who died from their injures — in Yorktown last week, according to York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office.
Jafay Jabarre Moore, 26, from Newport News, was arrested in Sumter, South Carolina on Thursday and charged with four felonies — including murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and reckless handling of a firearm, YPSO says.
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The shooting happened on the night of October 30 in the Yorktown Square Apartments, according to the sheriff’s office. Deputies responded to a call of multiple shots being fired in the 200 block of Barham Boulevard.
When they arrived, deputies say two people had been shot, 19-year-old Elysiah A. Lee-Jordan and his 26-year-old sister Dania N. Davis. Lee-Jordan died at the scene and Davis was taken to the hospital for treatment, YPSO says.
Moore is being held in the Sumter County Detention Facility.
