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Arrest made in shooting that killed man, injured sister in York County

Jafay Jabarre Moore of Newport News faces murder and multiple gun-related charges for the Oct. 30 shooting.

YORKTOWN, Va. — A man has been arrested in South Carolina, accused of a shooting that shocked a York County neighborhood.

Just before midnight on October 30, York-Poquoson Sheriff's deputies responded to
a shooting on Barham Boulevard. They arrived to find 19-year-old Elysiah Lee-Jordan, who had been shot twice. He died at the scene. Lee-Jordan's sister was also hurt in the shooting and taken to the hospital for treatment of her injuries.

It was Yorktown's first homicide of the year.

The sheriff's office said 26-year-old Jafay Jabarre Moore of Newport News was arrested in Sumter, South Carolina on Thursday. He faces murder and multiple gun-related charges and is currently in custody at the Sumter County Detention Center.

The shooting remains under investigation. If you have any information that may help detectives, you're asked to call the York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office at 757-890-4999, the Crime Line at 1-888-562-5887, or use www.p3tips.com to submit information anonymously.

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