Newport News man, Chad C. Whitmore, was taken into custody and is now facing charges in a double shooting in Mathews County, Va., that left 61-year-old Steven Allen Eary dead earlier this month.
Whitmore, 21, is charged with murder, malicious wounding and two counts of use of a firearm, say the Mathews County Sheriff’s Office.
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Deputies were dispatched to Ridgefield Road the night of May 4 after two reports were received for an altercation and shots fired. A man was found suffering from a gunshot wound, and a female was found with graze wound to the shoulder. Eary, was pronounced dead at the scene. h/t wavy
Whitmore was taken into custody for questioning following the shooting May 4, but no charges were filed at that time.