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Police locate, arrest Suffolk shooting suspect

Suffolk officers spent days searching for Preston Otis Davis IV after a shooting on June 4. They found and arrested on June 10. He faces several charges.
Credit: Suffolk Police Dept.
Preston Otis Davis, IV

SUFFOLK, Va. — After days of searching, Suffolk police found the man suspected of shooting another person last week.

According to police, a call came in about shots fired just before 3 a.m. on June 4 in the 1000 block of Nansemond Parkway. Arriving officers found several vehicles that were damaged by gunfire, and learned a man suffering from a gunshot wound was taken to the hospital by an acquaintance.

The victim, 33-year-old Antonio Delamonte Roseboro, reportedly suffered non-life threatening injuries.

Police say two apartment buildings at the Heritage Acres complex were also damaged by gunfire.  

Right after the shooting, investigators started searching for 27-year-old Preston Otis Davis IV. Davis was on several outstanding warrants, including 

He was arrested on Wednesday, June 10 and was charged with reckless handling of a firearm, use or display of a firearm in the commission of a felony, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and two counts of aggravated malicious wounding.

He is currently in custody at the Western Tidewater Regional Jail.

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