NORFOLK, Va. — A man suspected of two Virginia Beach murders is now also wanted for one in Norfolk.
Cola W. Beale IV, 30, of Virginia Beach, is wanted for three counts of second-degree murder as well as one count of arson.
On Monday, Norfolk police officers found 32-year-old Downing D. Mclean dead inside a home in the 3000 block of Sewells Point Road, in the Pennystown area. Beale was announced as a suspect in the case Wednesday morning. For the moment, NPD have not yet determined the cause of death yet in this case. A spokesperson for the department told 13News Now there are no further updates in the case, but that officers are working in tandem with U.S. Marshals Service to find Beale.
"Since I’ve been here I’ve seen the violence grow. It [the recent killings] doesn’t really concern me to a degree, but I am concerned for the people who are all being victimized but I’m not threatened for my own life. You know, I just pray for the people who are victims," Stephen Brathwaite told 13News Now, who lives on the edge of the 3000 block of Sewells Point Road.
In Virginia Beach, Beale is already wanted for two counts of second-degree murder and one count of arson.
Last week, Virginia Beach police found a woman dead from a gunshot wound after responding to a house fire in Campus East townhouse on Baccalaureate Drive. The victim was later identified as 31-year-old Czavier Hill.
The next day, on March 25, police shared details of a separate incident, which happened in the 700 block of Linda Court, where officers were dispatched to check on someone at their home. That's where Clifton Baxter, 73, was found dead from a gunshot wound.
According to the U.S. Marshals Service, Beale is a convicted sex offender with a history of possessing firearms and should be considered armed and dangerous.
Beale is described as 5’9’’, 240 pounds, and has tattoos on both forearms. “Geneva” is tattooed on Beale’s right forearm.
The U.S. Marshals Service is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Beale.
Anyone with information about Beale's whereabouts is asked to call 911, Virginia Beach detectives at 757-385-4101, or anonymously through Crime Solvers at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.