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19-year-old man arrested in connection with June 11 killing on Mariners Way in Norfolk

Norfolk — Police arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with a shooting that killed another man in Norfolk.

Jacques Ruffin, 19, was arrested in connection with a fatal shooting that happened on June 11, 2021, in Norfolk.

Jacques K. Ruffin is charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm, police said in a news release Thursday.

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The shooting happened around 4 a.m. June 11 in the 500 block of Mariners Way, off Chesapeake Boulevard.

Officers found 22-year-old Thomas E. Alexander III, of Norfolk, who had been shot. He died at the scene, police said.

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Officials did not release information about a possible motive.

Sierra Jenkins, 229-462-8896, sierra.jenkins@virginiamedia.com


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