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Person wanted for murder of 16-year-old boy in Portsmouth caught in Chesapeake

Portsmouth police said officers arrested Jamel Jones, 24. He's accused of killing a teenager on Crawford Parkway on Memorial Day.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Police said Thursday that they caught the person they believe killed a teenager on Memorial Day.

Officers picked up Jamel Raiquon Jones, 24, in Chesapeake.

Officers said they were called around 2 p.m. Monday, May 31, to the 1400 block of Crawford Pkwy, for a report of a shooting.

That's where police found a 16-year-old boy who had died from a gunshot wound.

Initially, investigators said they were looking for 20-year-old Shawnise Marie Stephenson, describing her as a person of interest. Police later found Stephenson and said she was "no longer considered a person of interest at this time."

Jones faces the following charges:

  • First-degree Murder
  • Robbery (2 counts)
  • Attempted Malicious Wounding
  • Use of a Firearm (3 ocunts)

If you have any information about the incident, you're asked to call the Portsmouth Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit at (757) 393-8536. You also can call and leave an anonymous tip by calling the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP or leave a tip online at P3Tips.com.

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