PORTSMOUTH, Va. — 71-year-old Irving Wolff was found guilty on Monday of voluntary manslaughter and shooting in the commission of a felony in connection to the 2022 homicide of Crystal Jacobs, according to Portsmouth police.
Detectives said they found Jacobs dead from a gunshot wound inside a car on the night of February 27, 2022, near Wolff's home along Florida Avenue.
Wolff was arrested after telling police he shot Jacobs. A judge then granted Wolff a release on bond one day after his arrest.
Court documents reveal Wolff claimed he acted in self-defense when he and Jacobs got into a fight late on that Sunday in 2022.
In the report, Wolff told investigators Jacobs asked him to take her to get money out of his bank in Downtown Portsmouth so that she could buy drugs.
Wolff told detectives he had been drinking and refused to drive her because he was unable to drive. He told police that she then started fighting him, "throwing him around the apartment," and threw him to the ground and grabbed his neck.
It was at that moment that Wolff claimed he broke free and tried grabbing his gun. He told police Jacobs also went for his gun, grabbing his holster and a gunshot was fired into the ceiling.
He said he shot Jacobs after he moved away but Jacobs jumped over the couch and tried grabbing his neck again.
Court documents said Wolff told investigators Jacobs ran toward the rear kitchen door and pointed at him with her index finger, which is when he shot her a second time.
However, detectives wrote in the arrest report they found no injuries on Wolff or evidence in the apartment to indicate any fight.
According to officials, Wolff's sentencing "will be in the coming weeks."
