NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Authorities say a North Carolina man wanted for first-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend has been apprehended in Virginia.
Police in Newport News, Virginia, say 27-year-old Travis Jefferson was taken into custody around 2 p.m. on Thursday.
A news release says local officers along with the U.S. Marshal Service and Virginia State Police had been looking for Jefferson. News outlets report 21-year-old Nicoda Melvin was shot in the head in a home that the couple shared.
The shooting happened on Sept, 19, three days before two of her relatives were shot and killed.
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