NORFOLK, Va. — A man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday for a double shooting outside a Norfolk apartment, the city's Office of Commonswealth's Attorney said.
Following a bench trial on February 8, 2023, Judge Jerrauld C. Jones convicted Spillman of being a felon in possession of a firearm, two counts of malicious wounding, and two counts of using a firearm in the commission of malicious wounding.
Judge Jones sentenced Spillman to 10 years in prison, with another 13 years suspended on the condition that Spillman complete 10 years of good behavior and a period of indeterminate supervised probation following his release.
On August 10, 2021, 39-year-old Mark Harold Spillman had a brief argument with a woman and her two brothers.
During the argument, Spillman pulled out a gun and shot one of the men in his legs. The man's brother tried to help him and Spillman turned the gun on him, officials said.
He shot the man in the back as he tried to run away.
Spillman got in his car and left the scene immediately.
A week later, patrol officers spotted Spillman's car and pulled him over to arrest him.
Officers recovered a gun from Spillman's waistband that was later confirmed through forensic testing to be a match to the cartridge casings recovered from the shooting, said officers.
Both men required surgeries to correct their injuries. The man who was shot in the legs had to relearn how to walk after having a rod inserted in one of his legs. Both men had nerve damage as a result of the shootings.
