PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A Portsmouth man was found guilty of first-degree murder Friday, among other charges, in connection to the shooting of 28-year-old Barnard Clack according to the commonwealth's attorney.
On Aug. 2, 2022, Clack and two other men arrived at a convenience store, made a purchase, and left. Once Clack's car reached the intersection of Portsmouth Boulevard and Deep Creek Boulevard, now 30-year-old Jerry Vann Pork, Jr fired multiple gunshots in the car then fled the scene, says the commonwealth's attorney.
Pork struck another man in the vehicle, but he survived.
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Pork was found guilty of first-degree murder, attempt to commit malicious wounding, use of a firearm in commission of a murder and use of a firearm in attempted malicious wounding.
This is not the first incident for Pork as in 2021, he was arrested for a shooting that seriously injured a man on July 18, 2020.
Pork is sentenced to be scheduled January 29, 2025 at 9 a.m.
