PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A Portsmouth man was found guilty after prosecutors say he shot and killed another man outside a daycare last June.
Ryheem Jasaun Hargrow Pugh was found guilty of second degree murder, use of a firearm in commission of a felony and shooting in commission of a felony, according to the Commonwealth's Attorney's Office.
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Attorney's say that on June 1 Hargrow Pugh arrived at the daycare with Rocco Marcus Nixon's children and mother of Nixon's children in his vehicle. Nixon was in a separate car at the daycare, according to prosecutors.
Hargrow Pugh and Nixon got out of their cars, and Hargrow Pugh shot Nixon multiple times, according to the Commonwealth's Attorney's Office.
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Nixon died at the hospital.
Hargrow Pugh is scheduled for sentencing on April 30.
