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Three other suspects have been arrested in the shooting last week in Virginia Beach, Va., Bringing the total number of arrested suspects to six, authorities said on Tuesday.
The latest arrests came on Sunday as authorities acted on search warrants obtained in three separate shootings on Friday night in the town’s waterfront area, Norfolk’s Virginian-Pilot reported.
The most recent charges, relating to the alleged sale of firearms and possession of drugs, are not directly related to the three shootings, the newspaper reported.
Virginia Beach Police Chief Paul Neudigate identified the three new suspects in a report to city council, according to the newspaper:
Gerald Scott Thomas II, 35, has been charged with selling a gun to a convicted felon, failing to check his criminal background before selling a gun, being a convicted felon with a gun arson and drug possession.
Gerald Scott Thomas II, 35 (Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office)
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Jhaimeek Kerion Carter, 18, has been charged with three counts of selling a gun to a convicted felon, failing to perform a criminal background check before selling a gun and possession drug.
Jhaimeek Kerion Carter, 18 (Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office)
Tyereis Smith, 18, has been charged with three counts of selling a gun to a convicted felon and failing to conduct a criminal background check before selling a gun.
Tyereis Smith, 18 (Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office)
All three suspects have ties to street gangs from which Virginia Beach recently confiscated 14 guns, Neudigate said, according to the Virginian-Pilot.
The previously arrested suspects have been identified as 18-year-old Ahmon Jahree Adams; Nyquez Tyvon Baker, 18; and Devon Maurice Dorsey Jr., 20, each charged with seven counts of felony, unlawfully using a gun and recklessly handing a gun.
From left: Ahmon Jahree Adams, 22; Nyquez Tyvon Baker, 18; and Devon Maurice Dorsey, 20 (Virginia Beach Police Department)
“Some of these people were not unknown to the Virginia Beach Police Department,” Neudigate told city council, according to the Virginian-Pilot.
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The shootings on Friday left at least two people dead. They have been identified as Deshayla Harris, 29, an innocent bystander who was shot in the head, and Donovon Lynch, 25, who was killed in a confrontation with a Virginia Beach police officer.
Harris was a former cast member of the reality TV series “Bad Girls Club,” while Lynch was a cousin of music star Pharrell Williams, who is from the area, the newspaper reported.
On Tuesday, more than 100 people gathered for a vigil near where Lynch died, according to the newspaper.
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