SUFFOLK, Va. — The suspect of a fatal shooting in Suffolk has turned himself in, according to the Suffolk Police Department.
The shooting in question happened on the evening of Wednesday, April 5, according to the department. Around 9:50 p.m., officers were called to the 900 block of Brook Avenue where they found an 18-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds on the ground.
Suffolk Fire and Rescue personnel took the man to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries, according to police.
Police have since identified the 18-year-old victim as Quadaire Jordan of Suffolk.
In an update on Thursday, April 6, the department said the shooting was being investigated as a homicide. They also identified a suspect: 18-year-old Rashad Pierre Lewis of Suffolk. Police secured the following warrants for Lewis: second-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and possession of a firearm by a felon.
When Lewis was still at large, police considered him "armed and dangerous" and asked the public to contact authorities if they knew of his whereabouts.
Later on Thursday morning, the department said Lewis turned himself in to police headquarters. He is being held at Western Tidewater Regional Jail with no bond, said police.
This is still an ongoing investigation.
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