PARKSLEY, Va. — A man is facing a second-degree charged after deputies found a victim dead from a gunshot wound overnight, according to the Accomack County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded around 1:08 a.m. Saturday to reports of a person shot on Brainard Street in Parksley.
Deputies found a man on the garage floor with a gunshot wound. He died at the scene.
The victim is identified as Joe Northam, 41, from Tasley, Virginia.
Investigators arrested Ambrose Knox, 30, from Parksley, Virginia.
Know is charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
Virginia State Police, Onancock Police Department, Onley Police Department, and the Parksley Fire Rescue Company assisted in the investigation.
