NORFOLK, Va. — A man wanted for a 2016 murder was arrested last in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
On December 4, 2016, police responded to a residence in the 500 block of Garren Avenue for a gunshot disturbance. When police arrived, they found 38-year-old Charlene Ryals suffering from a gunshot wound.
Ryals was transported to the hospital where she died.
After an extensive investigation, Norfolk police homicide detectives secured warrants on September 18, 2019, against 25-year-old Zquan L. Steeps for second-degree murder and using a firearm in the commission of a felony.
He was arrested by the Wilkes Barre police anti-crime unit on September 20, 2019.
Steeps was already being held at Luzerne County Correctional Facility on unrelated charges in April.
In April, the Wilkes-Barre police said during a protective sweep of the residence, a semi-automatic firearm was located under a mattress in a bedroom. The firearm was determined to be reported stolen out of the Scranton Police Department. Steeps is currently on probation and a convicted felon and is facing additional felony charges related to the stolen gun.
Steeps will remain in custody pending extradition to Virginia.
