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Arrest made in September homicide
Updated: Monday, 31 Dec 2012, 6:02 AM EST
Published : Sunday, 30 Dec 2012, 12:09 PM EST
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) - Norfolk Homicide investigators and the Norfolk Fugitive Squad arrested a man Sunday morning for the September murder of a Chesapeake man.
Joseph Donte Yancy, 30, of Norfolk was taken into custody without incident in the 400 block of Chapel Street and charged with the murder of Harold Anthony Tucker that took place Sept. 2.
Yancy was also was charged with malicious wounding and two counts of use of a firearm in commission of a felony.
On Sept. 2, Norfolk officers responded to the 500 block of Spruce Street shortly before 4 a.m. for reports of a shooting. When officers arrived they found Tucker suffering from a gunshot wound. Medics took him to a local hospital where he later died from his injuries.
A second gunshot victim drove himself to the hospital where he underwent surgery. He is recovering from his injuries, according to police.
Police have not released the motive for the shooting.
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