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Norfolk — Just over 10 years later, four men have been charged in the 2011 killing of Old Dominion University student Christopher Cummings.
Norfolk police announced in a new release Thursday that cold case detectives and the U.S. Marshals Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force worked together to apprehend and bring 15 charges against the four men, who are all of Newport News.
Kwaume L. Edwards, 32; Javon L. Doyle, 31; Ahmad R. Watson, 30; and Rashad D. Dooley, 28, were charged with first-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, use of a firearm, burglary with the intent to commit murder with a deadly weapon, among others.
It is unclear when and where the men were arrested — police did not release information about how detectives found them. Sgt. William Pickering, the department’s spokesperson, said one man will be transported back to Norfolk because he was arrested out of state and “the other suspects are all in Virginia jails.”
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The fatal shooting occurred June 10 in the 800 block of West 42nd Street in Norfolk, off Colley Avenue.
Police did not release information about a possible motive. However, less than a month before he died, Cummings had concerns about his safety when he saw two men attempt to break into his home on May 17.
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It is unclear whether the two incidents are related.
Cummings and his roommate, Jake Carey, were shot inside their home that Friday morning in June. Both were 20 years old.
Carey was taken to Sentara Norfolk General with serious injuries but survived the shooting.
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Cummings was a student at Old Dominion University, studying criminal justice. His father, James Cummings, told The Pilot in 2011 his son’s role models were former President Barack Obama and his uncle, the late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, of Baltimore.
The 20-year-old Cummings dreamed of attending law school. Family and friends described him as polite, goal-oriented and caring because he always wanted to make everyone around him happy.
“For more than a decade now Investigators have been relentless in their efforts to solve this case, they have followed up on every lead necessary to ensure the Norfolk Police Department was able to deliver justice to both the surviving victim and to the Cummings family,” Police Chief Larry D. Boone said in a statement.
Sierra Jenkins, 229-462-8896, sierra.jenkins@virginiamedia.com