NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Newport News police arrested a man for a homicide that happened in February.
Thursday, police arrested Jamal Lamonte Mitchell in Hampton and charged him with second-degree murder.
According to the Newport News Police Department (NNPD), on February 17, officers responded to the 4000 block of Orcutt Avenue. When officers arrived, they found 57-year-old Joseph Jones injured from an assault.
Jones died in the hospital the next day.
Mitchell was taken into custody without incident Thursday, NNPD said.