Man shot dead near Portsmouth shopping center was suspect in 2021 shooting, police say
The person shot near a Portsmouth shopping heart Monday may have been killed in an act of domestic retaliation, police reported Tuesday.
Portsmouth Police Chief Renado Prince manufactured the statement in the course of a news convention addressing a bloody 7 days in which 12 shootings happened throughout the metropolis.
Melvin Gregory Bynum, 45, of Portsmouth, was shot numerous occasions near the Environmentally friendly Clear Car Clean in the 4500 block of George Washington Freeway. Dispatch claimed the simply call came in just right after 5 p.m.
“His accidents proved fatal,” police stated in a information launch Tuesday.
“This is quite possibly a domestic retaliation act,” Prince stated for the duration of Tuesday’s convention.
According to Prince, Bynum was a suspect in the shooting of two adult males just about a calendar year back in the 300 block of Carver Circle.
Officers responded to the capturing incident all around 1:25 a.m. on July 31, 2021. At the scene, they situated two men with severe injuries. As a consequence of the investigation, Bynum was charged with two counts of aggravated malicious wounding and four firearms expenses. Portsmouth law enforcement had been searching for Bynum due to the fact he was charged on March 31, 2022.
When police have unveiled a description of a automobile pushed by two armed guys, suspects in the fatal taking pictures of Bynum have not been named.
Everyone with details about the capturing can submit an anonymous tip at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.
Caitlyn Burchett, 727-267-6059, [email protected]
Ali Sullivan, 757-677-1974, [email protected]
