PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Portsmouth police said Friday that they arrested a man in Georgia who was wanted for murder.
Agents of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force took Akime R. Porter into custody Thursday in Lawrenceville, Ga. outside of Atlanta.
Porter is accused of shooting and killing 32-year-old Tony Lamont Deans on Jan. 3 in the 20 block of Merrimac Drive in Portsmouth. Officers got to that street around 12:15 a.m., and found Deans shot in the upper part of his body.
Detectives initially looked for two other people whom they thought may have been connected to the murder. After interviewing them, investigators said they no longer were people of interest in the case.
Besides facing a murder charge, Porter faces charges of Use of a Firearm in Commission of a Felony and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.