NORFOLK, Va. – A man was extradited from Pennsylvania to Virginia to stand trial for his role in the 2016 murder of a Norfolk woman.
According to police, 26-year-old Zquan L. Steeps was arrested on a second-degree murder warrant in 2019 in connection with the homicide of 38-year-old Charlene Ryals.
Norfolk Police responded to a residence in the 500 block of Garren Avenue on December 4, 2016 for a gunshot disturbance. When officers arrived, they found Ryals suffering from a gunshot wound.
Ryals was taken to the hospital, where she later died.
After an extensive investigation, Norfolk Police homicide detectives secured warrants on September 18, 2019, against Steeps for second-degree murder and using a firearm in the commission of a felony
Steeps was already being held at Luzerne County Correctional Facility on unrelated charges when he was served with the Norfolk warrant for murder.
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