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Suspect arrested in deadly Virginia Beach Christmas Eve triple shooting, police say

Police said they arrested 37-year-old Marquise Bunn of Portsmouth on January 8. Police updated that 1 of the 2 victims who survived remains in critical condition.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Virginia Beach police have arrested a suspect in connection to a deadly triple shooting that happened in December.

37-year-old Marquise Bunn of Portsmouth was arrested on Jan. 8, according to the Virginia Beach Police Department. He was apprehended on an outstanding warrant for a felon in possession of a firearm concerning the shooting that happened in late December in the 800 block of Riverbend Road.

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Police updated that one of the two victims who survived the shooting remains in critical condition and that their investigations revealed that a "confrontation among partygoers" escalated into violent gunfire.

Along with the possession of a firearm charge, Bunn also faces charges of second-degree murder and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. 

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