NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — A man has been found not guilty in the fatal shooting of another man in Newport News back in 2020.
On Oct. 27, a jury found Cortez Dayshawn Bumphus not guilty in the fatal shooting of 40-year-old Joel Anthony Davis Jr.
Newport News Police say Davis was found shot late October 2020 in the 300 block of 73rd Street.
Bumphus was charged with second-degree murder, conspiracy, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and possession of a firearm by a felon in connection with the shooting.
Bumphus still faces a hit-and-run charge related to the same incident. He’s scheduled to be in court in January on that charge.
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