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Man facing murder charge after woman shot in Suffolk

Suffolk police say that on Tuesday around 8 a.m. they received a call reporting a person injured in a shooting in the 2000 block of Mill Lake Road.

SUFFOLK, Va. — A man is behind bars after authorities say he shot and killed a woman in Suffolk Tuesday morning.

Suffolk police said that around 8 a.m., they received a call reporting a person injured in a shooting in the 2000 block of Mill Lake Road.

When police got to the scene, they found a woman with a gunshot wound. The victim, later identified as 29-year-old Jackquelyn Stevenson, was pronounced dead there.

In a later release, police announced Antonio Newsome had been arrested in connection to the shooting. The 43-year-old was booked into the Western Tidewater Regional Jail on charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.

Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the Crime Line at 1-888-562-5887 or online at p3tips.com

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