PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Portsmouth Police have taken 29-year-old Avery Peoples into custody after being a person of interest in connection to a deadly shooting located in Portsmouth.
Peoples was arrested at a local business close to the 4500 block of George Washington Highway around 1:32 a.m.
According to police, he has been charged with First Degree Murder for the death of Lamont Brown.
Peoples has also been charged with Aggravated Malicious Wounding, Malicious Shooting, Use of a Firearm, Missile into an Occupied Building, Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, Possession with the Intent to Distribute Schedule I or II Controlled Substances and Wearing a Mask in Public.
Anyone with information about case should call the PPD Investigations Bureau at 757–393–8536 or 1–888-LOCK-U-UP.
