PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Portsmouth Police have upgraded charges against a man accused in an October 8 shooting after the victim died from her injuries.
Police say 49-year-old Lamont Eugene Stevenson is now charged with aggravated murder committed during the commission of a robbery resulting in death, use of a firearm in commission of a robbery, obstruction of justice, and unlawfully obstructing a call to emergency services.
Officers responded to the 300 block of Choate Street around 12:26 a.m. on October 8, where they found 50-year-old Latesha Nicole Pugh suffering from life-threatening gunshot wounds. She was taken to a local hospital, where she later died.
Police say Stevenson was taken into custody the night of the shooting and was initially charged with attempted second-degree murder, aggravated malicious wounding, and several firearms offenses.
