NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Newport News Police is investigating a shooting that left one person dead Sunday night.
It was after 10 p.m. when Newport News Communications received a call of a shooting in the 7100 block of Belvedere Drive.
Officers found a man outside an apartment building suffering from a gunshot wound. He died at the scene.
Monday, police identified the victim as 37-year-old Andre Lamont Ford. He lived in the Coliseum Central area of Hampton.
By Wednesday, the police department announced officers had made an arrest in the case.
Donte Joseph Grier, 21, was charged with second degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. There wasn't any information about his court dates for the charges.
The police department said Grier lives in the same block that the shooting took place.
Police Chief Steve Drew said officers, detectives, the forensics team and the Newport News community worked together to find a suspect.