Linda Cicoria with our news-gathering partners at WESR Eastern Shore Radiocontributed to this report.
A 25-year-old man has been arrested and charged after police say he shot and killed his grandmother on Saturday.
On Feb. 24 just after 5 p.m., Cape Charles Police responded to a report of shots fired on the 500 block of Tazewell Avenue.
When officers arrived, they located one victim, now identified as 73-year-old Jane McKinley. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Mercado, who police say is McKinley's grandson, has been charged with second degree murder, reckless handling of a firearm, and malicious discharge of a firearm in a dwelling.
Mercado had told police he just shot someone who went into his house and that they were dead upstairs, according to our news gathering partners on the Eastern Shore. A report states that Mercado said he shot his grandmother multiple times while she was stepping away from him.
Our news-gathering partners at the Eastern Shore also cite a report that states that a Northampton Sheriff's deputy brought in Mercado "after he he showed up to a location with the gunshot wound victim. The accused has admitted to shooting the victim. The victim has since deceased."
Records say that Mercado lived with his grandmother in the house on Tazewell Street and that McKinley was his only relative in the area.
Cape Charles police say more charges are likely to follow in the investigation.
Mercado is held in Eastern Shore Regional Jail without bond.
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