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Man charged in March shooting at West Beach Tavern in VB pleads guilty

Shooting at West Beach Tavern in Virginia Beach March 2022
Earl Royster appears in court on Friday, July 8.
Earl Royster Bond Hearing March 31 Virginia Beach
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — There are new details about a case that involves a shooting at West Beach Tavern in Virginia Beach.

The shooting happened last March and left multiple people injured, including a 17-year-old girl.

On Wednesday, Earl Royster Jr., the man charged in the shooting, pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted malicious wounding and using a firearm in a felony. As part of the plea, Royster will face no more than four years in prison.

Royster is set to be sentenced in April.