NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A 21-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with the shooting death of 19-year-old Nevaeh Harris on Tuesday on Warwick Boulevard.

Newport News police officers responded around 1:35 a.m. Tuesday to the 3100 block of Warwick Boulevard, where they found a woman, 19-year-old Nevaeh Harris of Newport News, inside a home suffering from a gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Newport News detectives arrested and charged Kanye Smith, 21, of Newport News on Thursday, Nov. 13. He faces charges of second-degree murder, discharging a firearm in an occupied building and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.

Police Chief Steve Drew said, "I’d like to commend our officers and detectives for their response to this tragic incident that led t

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