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Man dies after being shot inside a home in Suffolk

Police have identified the suspect as 42-year-old Alvin Lorenzo Bryant Jr. of Suffolk. He's at large and considered to be armed and dangerous.

SUFFOLK, Va. — UPDATE: Suffolk police said that Bryant Jr. turned himself in shortly before 9 p.m. on Monday. He's being held at Western Tidewater Regional Jail without bond. Read more here.

A 37-year-old man is dead after he was shot inside a Suffolk home Friday evening.

Suffolk police responded to a home in the 300 block of Beech Street just after 7:30 p.m. Inside, officers found David Joshua Gomes with a gunshot wound.

Gomes was pronounced dead at the scene.

Saturday morning, police identified the suspect as 42-year-old Alvin Lorenzo Bryant Jr. of Suffolk. Warrants have been issued charging him with 2nd Degree Murder, Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony and Possession of a Firearm by Felon.

Bryant is still at large and considered armed and dangerous. He was last known to be operating a gold 2001 Honda Accord with Virginia tags TXJ-1714.

The investigation into Gomes' death is still ongoing. Police ask anyone with information to call the department or the Crime Line at 888-LOCK-U-UP.

(Note: This has been edited to correct the victims age, and to add the information about the suspect.)

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