A 20-year-old Newport News man is dead, and police say they’ve arrested the person responsible.
Just after 2 a.m. on September 27, Virginia Beach emergency dispatchers received a call about a gunshot victim near the 400 block of North Great Neck Road. Officers with the Virginia Beach Police Department arrived to find Juelle Morton suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police quickly opened an investigation, and by the next day, they had a suspect in custody.
According to VBPD, 21-year-old Cesar Bermudez Evans of Norfolk was arrested on September 28. He’s now facing charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
Detectives are still working the case. They’re asking anyone who may have seen or heard anything around that time to call the department at (757) 385-4101.
This is an ongoing investigation. No further details about a motive or circumstances leading up to the shooting have been released.